Uh oh! An urge to be FULL!
 

The diet was so easy until today. In fact, I wondered how in the world I was eating over 1600 calories in a day. But now I see how...

Boredom set in, and I got the munchies. More than anything, I wanted to feel FULL, satisfied... stuffed. I wanted to fill my tummy up to the point where it didn't want anymore. I ate a 500 calorie bowl of pasta, and I still wanted to snack on crackers and ice cream and all that delicious stuff!

I didn't do it. I let myself have a bowl of spinach (which I've always loved--swimming in vinegar with salt. Mmmm!) and that was enough to hold me off from eating anything else.

I think I'm really going to miss being full. It doesn't feel good, exactly, but it's just a feeling I've grown used to. Even right now, I'm not hungry, but I want to eat :(

I know the feeling... It sucks. It's like, oh just a little can't hurt and you eat a little more and a little more. Just fight it and hopefully soon those cravings will go away. Persistence will pay off!

This may sound strange, but can you take a nap? Some people can't sleep when they're hungry, but it works quite well for me. And sleeping is good for us when we're trying to lose weight.

On the flip side, take a walk? Play a game? Go to the store? Find something to do that is counterintuitive to eating.

I fight this all.the.time. I don't want a cup of pasta and a plate full of *blech* veggies. I want a big 'ol plate of pasta!

I'm just plowing through the cravings and hoping that eventually the healthier option will become so ingrained that the "old good" just really isn't that good to me anymore.

I've had to stop eating pasta as a serious trigger food. Or - I save a LOT of calories in my day for it. But eating starches makes me crave more, even if I am full. I'm fine until I have them. One day of fullness also won't stall my weightloss, so sometimes I go for it.. It's the weeks and weeks of tons of pasta that got me in the first place.

I've been making myself these grand high-protein meals that actually do make me feel really, really full. I know some people like to have 5 or 6 small meals or snacks, but I really like having 2 or 3 bigger meals...