John Goodman (Dan, on 'The Conners') lost 200 pounds

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38. It's also a matter of breaking bad habits and *then* listening to your body.

Some people who've been on diets a while complain "I'm so hungry!" The thing is, if you're getting an actual hunger signal (stomach growling) you should eat something.

The problem is when people overeat incorrectly out of boredom, or in response to carb addiction or habit, they don't recognize true legitimate hunger signals because they never actually let themselves get physiologically hungry. The headache/low blood sugar feeling can be a symptom of carb/sugar addiction, or a different condition such as hypoglycemia.

What I discovered is that healthy hunger signals are not unpleasant nor desperate. My stomach would growl a bit and settle down, like "Just a reminder; I'm ready for food when you are." No headache, no grouchiness.