It's a matter of discipline and mind control. Keep trying and set your goals.

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If I have already eaten my meal or snack and I "think" I'm still hungry, I try to find something to do to keep my mind off of eating just for the satisfaction that I ate, not because I needed to eat. It isn't easy and I have done some binge eating that I always regret later. With our daughter the hardest times for her are the weekends when she is home, and depending on the weather, if she is stranded in the house she ALWAYS thinks she is hungry. At school it isn't an issue because food is not readily available as it is at home. Playing board games or other games with the kids helps keep her mind and mine off of just sitting around eating. Adding fiber to the meal helps you feel full longer and you don't get that urge as often. Protein (fat) can do this too but obviously fat isn't something you want to fill up on. You just have to decide enough is enough and control the urge as best you can. Get outside, weather permitting, and take a walk or pull weeds, etc, just keep busy to keep your mind off of eating.

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There is more than one kind of hungry... food is only one of them... emotional hunger is another... When I don't feel satisfied after eating I search to see if maybe I am hungry for companionship, or activity of some kind... If I find that I am lonely, I go out, even it is to the local library, or I call a freind and meet them for a walk... sometimes I meditate or comptemplate what I'm grateful for... It's a touch call and sometimes hard to pin point the cause for unsatisfied apetite. I've experienced my emotions are all over the place with diabetes. In the Detox Diet book it talks about this and reading it gave me some ideas on why it happens... the human condition is common but we are individuals too... and one size dose not fit all... Comfort is the thing that satisfies if we can just find it... hugs, j

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