I'm not hungry

[mamajoan]

Lately I have been experiencing a very novel and unfamiliar sensation, which is summarized in the subject line of this post. Yes, after 6 1/2 years of breast-feeding, I'm finally having to get used to not being hungry again

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[whuffle]

A couple friends I know are doing a program for changing eating habits based on a book called "Change One". You might want to give it a look since it seems to break it down into manageable chunks of changing just one small habitual problem with your eating patterns at a time.

[downwardlashes]

This is everything I fear with the weaning. I'm planning on being done with Zinnia this spring/summer. She seems like she'll be ready then, and cold season will be over and all... but dang, not looking forward to this. I'm prone to depression, too, so that will be a bit scary.

[tiggrrl]

I haven't had the hormone shift yet, but yeah, working on changing eating habits, and Emi is very displeased when there's no milk to be had.

[gosling]

I totally went through this when I was no longer making seven million gallons of milk. (Ok, I exaggerate slightly...) I gained a lot of weight too, because it took me a while to realize how much I was eating out of habit rather than hunger. I actually started eating less once I got pregnant again, because now I have to be a bit more mindful of food and that helps. (I've still gained a huge amount of weight with this pregnancy so far though.)

And the hormone shifts! I am just a more mellow mother when I am lactating and I know it.

So now I have a few years to figure this out again (and may well get the hormones of menopause on top of it this time. Whee!) I'm watching how other women have dealt with this closely to get ideas, even if I won't need them for quite a while yet.