Johanne's Journal, 13 Sep 10

I still have occasional "fun," just not every hour ON the hour. ;-) 

I think you can really retrain your hunger sensor to work. I never ever used to feel hungry, due to overeating. When I started, I planned my meal times and I ate them then whether I felt like it or not. But eventually something happened: I started feeling hungry before each meal! It was like my body had figured out the new schedule and it was giving me an added push to eat at those times. I think it's pretty cool that now I can eat when I a hungry and it is at the same times I think I should eat, which is about every 2-3 hours. It is neat what our bodies can do :) 

Ooooo, I hear you on that one Johanne! And the stitch??? Absolutely! 

I have to agree with Kate on that, I used to be able to go all day without eating sometimes and not actually be hungry until I got famished all of a sudden and ate everything. Also want to add in that in my experience after you stop crazily overeating your body gets an idea of how many calories it needs when and tells you.  

I could have sworn that I commented on this last night. Must have been tired. LOL! But first, I want to tell you that I love the way that you're losing and your attitude about it. And it is a strange feeling to discover hunger. I don't ever remember feeling that as a child or even as an adult. But the first time that I felt it, I actually liked the feeling because it was the first time that I actually 'heard' my body talking to me. 

@whaea7, I agree. It's not like that famished feeling, suechru describes, that I used to get when I forgot to eat. She's right. I used to do the same thing. I don't think that's really hunger. It didn't feel the same. I would feel sort of frantic. This is more of a "clean" feeling. I do remember feeling hungry as a child. I remember my stomach being so empty that water would slosh in it when I ran. LOL. That was such a long time ago. I actually felt nostalgic the first time I realized I felt healthy hunger.