Question:
Head hunger!!! Help!

I just wish all the pre-ops going into surgery this week all the luck in the world,this is the best decision,I ever made for myself,, I would definitly do it all over again. I am having a little head hunger this evening though and it's driving me nutts!how does everybody else handle the head hunger? I also want to let everybody know I changed my name also. gotta go.<p> (I love you all, YOur the best!!!!!!)    — bikerchic (posted on October 16, 2002)

October 16, 2002
just wanted to say, I am 4 weeks postie and i deal with head hunger quite a bit. what i tend to do is to let myself have a couple of bites of whatever it is and honestly, it usually makes me sick enough that my brain no longer attaches that it is so wonderful. What do I mean by that? 3 wks post all I wanted was KFC. I dreamed KFC. My mouth watered at the commercials...so i gave in and we went to KFC. I ate 1/2 the mashed potatoes, like 3 bites of skin off an original breast and maybe 3 bites of the chicken and gawds did i feel awful. But you know something? I dont crave KFC anymore. My worst one was chocolate milk..thats like all I wanted for weeks...but i finally found a way to have it... take 1 table spoon of no sugar added blue bell rocky road ice cream, add and stir into 2 % hi protien milk. kills the craving and it doesnt make me sick. i guess the best way is to find a way where it doesnt feel like you are denying yourself anything. I dont know about you but that was part of the reason i ended up here...
   — Mary G.

October 16, 2002
water, ice chips, popsicles, beef jerky (protein!), and training your brain to understand that you are not hungry and don't need whatever it is you are craving.
   — salymsmommy

October 17, 2002
Here is what I do: If I am craving something or think I'm hungry I wait 10-15 minutes and ask myself, "is this actual hunger or is it in my head?" During this time, I load up on the water. More often than not, I won't eat anything until later. If I am hungry and need a snack I make sure its something with protien. Hope this helps!
   — Kris T.