Hunger Or Habit??

[lainee 0]

:hungry: WHY IS IT I CAN GO ALL DAY WITH NO PROBS BUT AT NIGHT FEEL STARVING?? COULD IT BE HABIT EATING LIKE WHEN WE GO TO THE MOVIES I USED TO TAKE MY BODY WEIGHT IN Snacks, LOL

AM 5WEEKS POST OP AND STARTING TO CRAVE SNACKS. I KNOW THAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE HEAD HUNGER ISSUE LONG TERM AND A FILL WON,T STOP THAT, I WILL ALWAYS BE THE KIND OF PERSON WHO HAS THE FRIDGE DOOR HALF OPEN BUT I HAVE TO LEARN TO DEAL WITH IT:help:

HOW DO YOU GUYS DO IT?

[foxychick04 0]

Hi Lainee - I've not been banded yet - has things improved for you at all?

I know from reading the forum that others have suggested that you take up a hobby to take your mind off things - like reading or sewing. I know for me if I get off my butt and do something I forget that I was (head) hungry - if I dont' break myself out of those thoughts I end up eating the cheesecake that I had been dreaming about for the last 2 hours!!

I think half the battle is recognising that you are having those thoughts and hopefully it will get easier to resist as time goes on. Good Luck!!

[lainee 0]

HI FOXYTRI:clap2: THANKS FOR THE SUGGESTIONS. YOU ARE RIGHT IF I TAKE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT I,M NOT HUNGRY IT,S JUST HABIT! THINGS ARE MUCH BETTER NOW I AM ALWAYS BUSY DURING THE DAY AND NOW I SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON HERE EACH EVENING SO THAT STOPS ME HABIT EATING LOL. PLUS MY MOTIVATION HAS REALLY KICKED IN AND ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO WAIT TWO WEEKS LONGER THAN EXPECTED FOR MY FIRST FILL (ONLY APPT THEY HAD) 19OCT I KNOW MY WILLPOWER WILL BE STRONG:whoo:

[foxychick04 0]

:whoo: Keep up the good work - I spend a lot of time on here as well, when ever you're feeling low take a look at the before and after pix thread in the main forum it will help to keep your motivation high.

All the best

Foxy

[lainee 0]

I Only Joined This Site Last Week So Havn,t Seen The Pics Yet An Gonna Have A Look Now.

Have You Got A Date For Your Banding Yet Or Are You Still Thinking About It?

[foxychick04 0]

my date is 8th October! Nerves are starting to kick in and I'm going to Belgium too! Actually I'm looking forward to it. I can't wait!!

[Wheetsin 714]

I was a behavioral eater. And overcoming it is a matter of changing behaviors. Pre-op, I would come home and eat. I wasn't hungry, but I was getting ready to sit down and watch tv, and that's what you do when you watch tv. Then I would make dinner and eat. I still wasn't hungry, but it was early evening and that's when you eat dinner. As I was cooking dinner, I would eat because when you have pieces leftover on the cutting board, that's what you do.

MO sees two primary types of eaters: emotional eaters, and behavioral eaters. I don't do any emotional eating at all. When my emotions are up, I avoid food. It gets in the way.

I think in some ways it's a blessing to be a behavioral eater. Like I said - you just change behaviors. But when you're an emotional eater, you can't just turn off your emotions, you have to create new outlets. I know I would have a much easier time training myself to turn the light off when I leave a room, than not crying when something makes me sad. (I've done both myself, and I've worked in behavioral management, and although somewhat removed, I continue to work in a field that at it's core is built on changing behaviors. I know which is harder to produce results)