I can't even watch movie in peace, can't concentrate because my mind goes like this Simpsons meme except "Can I have a cookie/ candybar/whatever…?" instead of "Are we there yet?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8k1eTEw4rQ
And when I finally cave in, maybe there's a couple of minutes of peace before it goes again.
Any solutions to this?
by -nothing-matters
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Semaglutide may help
I don’t have this problem, but I have a friend who said her GLP-1 prescription silenced her food noise.
Try intermittent fasting. Having an eating window really works for me. Outside the eating window, I don’t eat and I stopped thinking about food. This took a few days.
What helps me tremendously was cutting out sugar, fruit, and minimizing carbs. I don’t wanna say I want keto, because I don’t do it that strictly, but fruit makes me starving. Fruit is actually an appetite stimulant , it’s stimulates, GLP hormones, which is the exact same thing Ozempic represses. Any kinda bread makes me hungry, so I switched to keto bread, gave up fruit, now I eat a keto cereal for breakfast; magic spoon and I find I’m much much less hungry.
I also found I’m better off eating 5 mini meals a day than 3 big meals. That way I’m always having something to satiate my hunger.
Freeze the leftovers.
I have to make sure I’m budgeting enough to have the ‘high value’ snacks I crave, just in small quantities. Like if I know I can have 2 truffles in a day, I can wait until the evening to have them which stops me grabbing other junk in the mean time as I know by treat is always coming
If ozempic/semaglutide is not an option, the best hunger control is following a Ketogenic diet.
My insurance doesn’t cover the semaglutides so I was put on Wellbutrin and Naltrexone. The very same day I started, all of that stopped. I used to think about what I was going to eat next when I was already eating. Now I rarely think about food and I’m also full faster. It’s really miraculous. I didn’t think it could work.
I’m not seeing it suggested yet, so I’m gonna say look into mindful/intuitive eating. And find things to do that interest you in between times, not just TV but active hobbies.
These two combined will help you to eat when your body tells you you’re hungry, not when you’re bored. And when you’re bored, have a hobby that engages your mind so you’re not bored.
What works for me is hydration, high protein and fat intake, and intermittent fasting. If I think I can eat a bunch of meals and snacks, it’s all I think about. With IF, it’s either eating time or it isn’t.