Feeling Faint from Hunger? - WHAT the Hell does that feel like?

So let's start by saying that I actually googled a synonym for "got the munchies" and I got a bucket load of suppos-ED words and I quote: Hungry (nope), Starving (uh-ah), Hollow (absolutely not), Food-Deprived (say what now?), Feeling Faint From Hunger??? etc... You get the gist. Well neither in my 320 lb body, nor in my 145 lb body NEVER have I EVER felt Food Deprived or Faint from Hunger!!!! NEVER. Fortunately for me I have had a constant supply of nourishment since conception whether I needed it or not, so "having the munchies" has absolutely nothing to do with hunger. Having the munchies has to do with that mind fxxk that is the moment when your brain takes control and guides you to a food source (usually not a good one) and you eat or worse yet, overeat crap.

It could be stress that triggers that moment or maybe boredom, or perhaps it's not anything complicated at all but just a habit. For example, my hubby loves to eat a couple of slices of PB&J on toast in the late evening and it smells like heaven. I have never been partial to it in the past and I never grew up eating it but the smell of warm toasted French bread and peanut butter topped with sticky sweet strawberry jam is a trigger. MAAANNNN. So when he says he's going into the kitchen to make it - I JUMP up and do it for him! I make out like I am being a good wifey but really it's a selfish act because I want to lick the knife!!! Maybe even cut off a bit and pop it into my mouth and then I am doomed! The Munchie Monster is in da' House!! I've done it, I've invited 'him' in (monsters are always boys)...so now I am on the mooch for something satisfying, equally yummy as PB&J but also healthy (?) Good luck with that..my good ol' stand by is a yogurt with fruit but it doesn't always cut it, or an apple sliced up with tangy mustard dip..it's crunchy and tangy but not sweet and sticky....damn, and all the while there is an argument going on inside my brain that goes something like this:

"Just wait 10 minutes and the craving will be gone. You've got this" - Dr Jekyll

"Give me something salty and/or sweet quickly or I will shrivel up and die right here on the floor" - Mr Hyde

"Distract yourself, walk away, make the PB&J sandwich, give him the plate, go fold the laundry, play Candy Crush or something...just walk away...the craving WILL subside" - Dr Jekyll

"I will never go away, I will be here forever haunting you until you feed me because I am withering away and the only thing that will get rid of me is a spoonful of peanut butter or maybe two, and a cracker, with peanut butter on, and a spoonful of healthy yogurt" - Mr Hyde

This may continue for a while but it plays out in my brain in a nano-second - this Game Of Thrones battle between the Fat Free Greek Yogourt and PB&J - I mean honestly, could my life be any more ridiculous, and yet it's a nightly occurrence and sometimes a daytime one too. It's a lifetime battle and I know it's not just me, I have friends with weight issues and I have attended many WW meetings and read enough social media posts to safely say we "Fat Fighters" need to take it one day or duel at a time. So man your swords warriors, remember more often than not we are talking about just 10 minutes...and eventually Mr Hyde backs down - he's a bully and a very convincing liar but we can turn him away ... But don't beat yourself up if he wins a few fights...It's winning the WAR that we're after!!!