i am having a really hard time dealing with my head hunger. i have been on a binge for the past 3 days and today was my worse. i consumed 1400 calories:faint:, and more than enough suger for one day. my daily intake is supposed to be limited to 800 calories and 40-60 grams of Protein today. Well, since post op, today is the only day that i actually ate the needed protein. (i ordered some urjury packets today..so hope that helps).

anyways, before i ramble on too long, i thought it would be very beneficial for some of us "newbie's" to hear from the experienced bandster's about how they dealt with their head hunger.

this is the hardest part of the process for me, :angrythe head hunger. i think i have an oral fixation, but i can't chew gum anymore.

please share with us the tactics that you used to fight the gremlin in your head that is screaming EAT!!!!:help:

When I am having this problem, I get on this forum and slowly I'm not in that state of mind to eat. I feel inspired to be my best!!!! HANG IN THERE

If I've really got the munchies, a craving for something, I go with it. Sometimes, trying to hold out just means you end up eating even more as you eat 40 things other than what it was you wanted in the first place.

Most times, I get peckish and suffer head hunger in the afternoon, I try to time my runs for then. A good long run, particularly on a day like today where its 37 degress celcius in melbourne, kills my appetite.

But running does more than that, it burns lots of energy which means that I can eat 1400 calories a day and lose weight and eat 1800 and maintain. So I dont get that much head hunger because I can eat quite a lot of food, 3 meals, 2 Snacks. And I dont need to be very tight to keep my appetite low enough to keep me under 1000 calories, so I can eat most foods which means I dont do without much.

Things like chocolate, I get cravings for and sometimes you just have to ride it out. Other times I feel I can afford to indulge it like I said above.

Probably good luck to a large degree, I seem to have been able to lose on much higher calories than many others that exercise as much as I do.

My too bits,

I tend to crave sweets at night, I think because I'll off work and kinda bored. So, I started working out at night instead of the morning and I brush my teeth after eating. These things help me.