Yup. One of the most interesting changes for me over the course of the last few years has been a renewed understanding of what hunger is. I had been binge-eating for so long that I was confusing cravings with hunger. I thought true 'hunger' (you know, stomach-turning, mouth-watering, can't focus on anything else) was something only medieval peasants and people in third world countries dealt with. Meanwhile what I was calling hunger was mostly just drug-like cravings for sugar. My most important realization (and what should have clued me in that it was not true hunger) is that these cravings do not go away until I'm nauseous. So finally I stopped trying to reign in these cravings and instead just let them be. I just don't listen to them now because I understand that isn't the proper signal to eat. When you wait for true hunger to call, you also crave more wholesome foods. I used to want nothing but sweet candy (twizzler bites are my #1 kryptonite), even when my mother made me home-cooked meals. When I moved out I had no motivation to cook for myself and wasted tons of money on fast food and candy. Now that I'm on a proper diet, I actually desire real food. I get excited about coming home and cooking a chicken or a steak. I had a fillet mignon the other day, my favorite cut of steak (yeah yeah I know, it's "bland", but it's always been my favorite) after going hours without eating and holy shit.. It was incredible. I never get that feeling while eating reese's pieces.. just the feeling that I want even more and more. That's the difference between hunger and craving.