one of the reason ww works so good for me is i learned to eat on a schedule
and much smaller meals, its sorta an exostructure that has helped me to some
degree eat and drink in such a way that i don't over eat and don't get too
hungry,

Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> Storrmmee wrote:
>> one of my weight issues is detecting hunger vs thirst, i can forget
>> to eat until i have the shakes, and i used to rarely eat for hunger
>> jus taste, i figured this out one day tasting veggies for a soup... i
>> think this is like the asparagus thing, and some other veggies,
>> genetics must play a part,
>
> I always thought this was an odd thing. I do get thirsty from time to
> time. I don't like to get thirsty. As a result of this I have taken to
> bringing a drink with me wherever I go. I used to actually take a cooler
> full of drinks and I will do this for long outings. But I used to do this
> just to go to the grocery store or my parent's house! Now I know I can
> stop for a drink pretty much anywhere if need be. So I don't do that any
> more.
>
> I do think Angela used to have the problem with hunger vs. thirst. I had
> a hard time getting her to drink anything at all for many years and she
> constantly thought she was hungry. Got to the point where I would have to
> insist that she drink a certain amount of liquid before she was allowed
> any food. She would also go off to school without so much as a sip of
> water. And in NY they didn't have drinking fountains in the school. The
> kids were required to bring a purchased bottle of water with them every
> day. She did do that but it almost always came home unopened.
>
> I still do have problems getting her to drink before school but she does
> always bring a drink with her and she does drink it. At dance she brings
> a bottle of water or a sports drink or once in a while a diet soda. She
> does drink that. Sometimes she even buys another bottle while there. And
> I always have to buy her something on the way out. Most of the time she
> finishes it before we get home.
>
> One odd thing now that I have gotten my BG mostly down to where it should
> be, I am feeling hunger. This is an odd sensation because I had pretty
> much lost all sense of hunger except for perhaps when I had a hypo or
> maybe if I smelled something cooking. Now instead of forgetting to eat I
> am looking at the clock and eagerly awaiting my next meal.
>