I don't generally get ravenously hungry or have major food cravings - unless something has disrupted my routine. And even then, its nothing like I felt before I began my current effort to get fit, where I'd often feel overcome with impulses that led to an almost out of control food frenzy and a propensity to over eat.
Thinking about it, so much of that centers (for me, at least) around not being active enough, not maintaining a schedule for meals, and not listening to my body.
For most of my adult life, I've generally preferred (and eaten) home cooked meals utilizing whole foods - meats, fresh veggies, etc. But I ate way too many high glycemic carbs, too many fried or high saturated fatty foods, and way too much highly processed convenience foods. Food volume was often an issue as well. And when I was hungry, I'd often eat a double portion or more to make up for not eating sooner.
There are an endless number of options when it comes to food choices, eating plans, exercise routines, etc. We all have our specific needs, preferences, tendencies, and intricacies - all the stuff that makes each of us unique. Being mindful, purposeful, and disciplined is helping me make profound changes to my behavior, and those aren't proprietary or esoteric philosophies.
We all have it in us. It is simply a matter of choosing, then doing - nothing more, nothing less.
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