i'd like a mentor

[Bozzj 0]

I'm not sure how this works and all...i was banded in april and lost 44ish lbs...but sometimes i struggle with "head hunger" and keeping myself motivated. I have not exercised hardly at all..would love to have someone to just talk to about these things.

any takers? i'm from nj if that matters. pm me!

Jamie

[tonya66 13]

Hi Jamie - I wish they could make a band for our head, don't you? The head hunger is the one thing the Band does not control.

Last night, I was about to crawl into bed, I had just spent an hour at the gym doing my strength training, I felt so good about myself as this was the 4th straight week I had made it to the gym at least 5 times. So, back to last night, I'm laying there just reading and watching a little TV, and all of a sudden the cravings started, I was up out of bed before I knew it and grabed a bag of microwave popcorn to pop it and add some extra real butter, yum. Then I got a phone call, and lost track of what I was doing.

After the phone call I realized I wasn't really hungry, just wanting something. It made me think what I can do instead of giving into my head hunger. I've thought about grabbing a magazine when I get the head hunger, I have a ton of SHAPE Magazine with all these beautiful shaped women. Anyhow, I'm going to start trying that, I thought I would give you a suggestion, see if it works. Another thing I thought about doing is write down my goals every morning, and re-look at them when I get that 3:00 craving for chocolate.

I hope this helps Jamie, I wish there was something magically that we could do for the head hunger, but sorry to say, we're the only ones that can control what we put in our mouth.

Best wishes to you and let me know if I can be of help to you. Do not give up!