@AintNobodyHereButUsChickens - That's a brilliant weight loss, and amazing NSVs. I also still get hungry, but am realising a few things. Often I think I mistake being thirsty for being hungry - so when I feel hungry, the first thing I do is drink a decent volume of water or Diet Coke (I know, but I slightly exist on the caffeine fix), and then wait 15-20 mins. Most of the time the hunger goes.
The second thing, which has been a revelation for me - sometimes I'm not stomach hungry, just mouth hungry, IYKWIM. It's my tastebuds wanting a fix rather than my stomach feeling empty. I don't have a sweet tooth that much, I tend to crave salty sensations. So what I now have in the fridge or in Tupperware when in the office all the time are low calorie salty snacks. Don't laugh, but I mean things like cornichons and capers or some cucumber, carrots or tomato with some salt and lemon on it. And always some chopped up cold fruit (citrus or sharp apples is my thing). If I feel mouth hungry, I just pop a small mouthful - and lo and behold, the craving to eat goes. It's not quite zero calorie, but it's a huge improvement on the marmite on toast that I would have made, or the couple of mini sausage rolls I'd have popped in my mouth. I can't remember which thread I read that tip on, but it was one of the earlier starters threads. It was like a lightbulb going off in my head when I read somebody describing mouth vs stomach hunger - that's me.
The other thing I read in a research paper about long term WLI maintenance was about hugely slowing down how long it takes to eat a meal. Apparently it takes 15-30 mins, usually closer to 30, for our brains to register stomach fullness. I'm hugely guilty of bolting food, and then half an hour later being sat on the sofa feeling uncomfortably stuffed. So I'm being really mindful of eating much, much more slowly, and starting to recognise the level of "fullness" that I get to 30 mins into a meal that will be full but not uncomfortable 30 mins later, and sated (bar the odd tastebud salty snack) for the rest of the evening. So trying to not just change what I eat, but how I eat. It feels like a game changing combination.
@Spondoolie @GameOfJones Brilliant losses, well done!