: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?

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!!

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:

: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

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?

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!!

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)