Day 1 Can't Stop Thinking About Snacking

[gettheweightoff]

Hi All,

I have been on WW for the last while and lost 10 lbs with 10 more to go but ever since they changed their new program I have been eating fruit constantly and binge eating. I just can't stick to it and it is just making me insane.

I regained 15lbs in the last two months which is majorly depressing but I decided that my problem is that I eat small meals to keep the points down and then snack all day and drink coffee all day.

I quit coffee 3 days ago and decided to give NO S a sincere go because I'm tired of all those crazy plans.

I woke up late today so I had a brunch meal at 12pm (banan protein shake, 2 slices turkey bacon, egg whites with light havarti cheese, spinach and tomatoes, and two mini pita breads with butter). This should keep me nice and full until dinner right?

Why am I thinking about food constantly? I mean every hour I think I need to eat. I'm not really truly that hungry but I think I'm supposed to eat. I didn't realize until now that I was literally eating all day long. Craziness.

How long does it take until it feels normal to go without snacking and not thinking about food so often?

And is it normal the first day to be thinking about food/when to eat?

Thanks everyone and sorry for such a long post.

[kccc]

Many of us don't realize how often we eat until we try to stick to meals. It's rather astonishing sometimes! ("Perma-snacking" is a term Reinhard uses to describe the kind of non-stop eating most of us don't even notice.)

It does fade. Honestly, this diet is different from most in that it gets EASIER over time instead of harder.

Suggestions: Listen to the podcast on "Strictness" (my fave, especially for beginners). Find other activities, so that you aren't snacking just for something to do. Avoid "food cues" - put food away, stay out of the kitchen.

And applaud yourself for every time you resist.

Good luck, and welcome!

[BrightAngel]

How long does it take until it feels normal to go without snacking and not thinking about food so often?

And is it normal the first day to be thinking about food/when to eat?

Yes, it is very normal to be thinking a lot about food at the beginning of No S.

Feeling Normal about not snacking...
that's a different issue.

The length of time building a Habit takes....is very individual.
Some people find this happens quickly.
Others not.

Personally, I find thinking about food just another part of my life.
I don't find it unpleasant, and
I give myself permission to obesss over it whenever,
just as I do over many other things.

For me, Thinking about it, doesn't necessarily have to be conncected to Eating it.

[gettheweightoff]

I can't believe I am actually sticking to this. I know it's only been 3 hours and 50 minutes since I last ate but I work from home, in the kitchen so it's sort of a big deal for me - especially since I have been binge eating straight for the last 4 weeks and feeling like a total failure that I couldn't get through 1 day on the new WW program. Now I realize I am not a failure, it's just that WW Points Plus is not for me because I snack all day and all that fruit was making me hungrier and I would think about food all day and points all day. Funny, as I write this the ad for the new WW is on with Jennifer Hudson and she looks incredible but you know what I am going to get there too but in a saner and safer way for me!

[wosnes]

For me, Thinking about it, doesn't necessarily have to be conncected to Eating it.

I think about food constantly, but I eat three meals daily. I also don't necessarily connect thinking about it with eating it.

[Nicest of the Damned]

And is it normal the first day to be thinking about food/when to eat?

I sure hope so, because that was my experience. I got so hungry between meals. Though, for me, my worst eating habit before No S was eating too much at meals, so I'd get resentful when I had to stop eating at meals before I was totally full.

I still think about food a lot, because I am unemployed and don't have work to distract me from it. I still sometimes get hungry between meals, but not like I did the first few weeks of No S. Remember, thinking about food isn't a failure. It's not a failure unless actual food goes into your mouth at the wrong time.

I'll second the advice to distract yourself and stay out of the kitchen. The internet has lots of options for distracting yourself.

If you keep candy dishes, bowls of chips, or other supplies of snack foods elsewhere in the house, on your desk, or in your purse, you probably want to stop doing that. If food is less accessible, it's easier to resist the urge to snack. Make your laziness fight on your side against your desire to snack.