What I did was listen to my own head chatter to determine what was hunger and what was compulsive/craving. My body was physically satisfied, so I had to figure out why I wanted to keep eating. Learning to deal with stress of any type in a healthy way was a big part of learning to live without turning to food - especially sweets - any time I was out of sorts.

On the topic of cheese... I was thinking about the whole dairy/comfort thing today. The first thing we ever ingested was milk, and then our parents kept us drinking milk all through childhood. We keep on drinking/eating dairy products throughout adulthood. In a way, we were never weaned.

Karen