Hunger cues...What??

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Hello, this is my first time posting here. I only just joined the other day. I

left another fitness forum due to snarky comments, etc. I have struggled and

struggled with my weight and body. I am about 5'8 " and weigh 165 at my last

weighing. I have pretty much been around 164-165 for several months now, which

makes me happy as I have lost weight from about 180-178 lbs several months ago,

and that took quite some time to happen. I will not lie though, my ultimate goal

is to lose more bodyfat and yes, see the number on the scale go down some more.

I am trying to get ready to train for running a half-marathon and being lighter

would help some. And also, I quite frankly want to look like I workout as much

as I do with weights and the running. I can't " diet " right now, meaning restrict

what I am eating in any way. I have just reached this point where if I try to do

that, I binge. I hate the binging feeling and I hate constantly thinking about

food. I have not read any books on intuitive eating as I have spent soo much

money the past couple years on diets and such that I don't want to keep spending

money, as I don't have that kind of money (I am a teacher and single, so don't

have a lot of money). I have started listing to the Inside Out Weight Loss

podcasts and enjoy them so far, but have a lot of trouble figuring out hunger

signals. I have been waiting til my stomach starts growling, but find myself

cutting back on water as I'm afraid that will " hide " the hunger signals and I

can't keep that up.

So basically what I am asking is for help figuring out what is an appropriate

time to eat. I find that if I turn off all distractions and eat slow, I can

figure out when to stop eating. It's just finding the right times to eat. Thanks

for any help. Let me know if more information is needed!