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Mind hunger... How to beat it!?

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  • To get through my bouts of head hunger, I try to access what type of head hunger I'm experiencing. Am I hungry because I'm bored? Low energy? Do I want to eat out of habit? Have I eaten high glycemic

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    I agree with @joatsaint. If you are losing the head hunger battle, then try to eat something high Protein. Nuts usually help me cope when I feel "snacky". I don't know how far you are out from surgery

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To get through my bouts of head hunger, I try to access what type of head hunger I'm experiencing. Am I hungry because I'm bored? Low energy? Do I want to eat out of habit? Have I eaten high glycemic carbs in the past few hours that spiked my blood sugar and now it's crashing? Or is Frankensleeve truly empty and hungry? This just lets me track where the hunger is originating and hopefully I can avoid head hunger in the future. I'm trying to train my brain to think Protein (not carbs) when I have head hunger.

If I can't find anything to distract me or the hunger is just overwhelming, I eat pure protein - no carbs at all, not even artificial sweeteners. Once I'm full, if I still want carbs, then I allow myself a few bites - 5 to 7 teaspoons. Normally I can't eat that many tsps, and I'm satisfied. Hope this helps.

I agree with @joatsaint. If you are losing the head hunger battle, then try to eat something high Protein. Nuts usually help me cope when I feel "snacky". I don't know how far you are out from surgery, but for me the head hunger significantly diminished over time. I still get it every once in a while, but once my body and brain finally understood that I was never going to derive the same level of "satisfaction" from food as I did pre-op, the head hunger died down a lot.

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