Victory Over Temptation

Last night I had the strongest case of 'head hunger' that I have had yet.  I was ravenous!  I had not only the urge to eat everything in sight, but my thoughts when trying to distract myself kept going back to food!  I am VERY proud to report that I did not diverge from my planned meals for the day, and was quite pleased to end the day on course.

How did I deal with it?  

1. I recognized that I had already eaten enough for the day, and my desire to eat was simply head hunger.
2. I said out loud to myself and to my husband "I want to binge-eat everything in sight right now. I am not going to let myself do that!".  I was tempted to describe the foods in the house and why I wanted to eat them, but made myself abruptly change the subject to something other than food.
3. I drank water.  And kept drinking water.  I could feel my stomach physically full (and a little sloshy) from how much water I drank.
4. I left the rooms closest to the kitchen and deliberately started doing something to keep my mind busy.  In this case, I opened my mail and scheduled some bills.
5. All of the above things were keeping me from eating, but the desire to eat was still burning through my thoughts.  My final action was to simply go to bed.  It was earlier than I usually go to bed, but I can't eat while sleeping!

I am proud to say that I got through it last night.  Only a week before, I gave in to that demon!  Although this is only one small battle in a lifelong war against my food addiction, each small victory will help me be stronger.  I can overcome food addiction.