I do have that. Your tummy might be empty even though your blood sugar doesn't know it yet.

I find that making myself a cup of coffee or green tea and sipping on it for a while will usually make the craving go away.

Warm = full for me a lot of times.

Hunger can also be a sign that your blood sugar is high. You can keep snack around that are low in sugar. I keep a box of shreaded wheat cereal and have sugarless candies but you have to be careful because those act like a laxative if you eat to many.

I would suggest that if you're sure you're getting enough to eat and the right nutrition that you try an 8 oz. glass of water. Sometimes when we feel hungry we're actually in need of water.

Got hungry reading your post. :)

For me, it doesn't take much to trigger that hunger feeling. I have noticed that sometimes a glass of water makes me feel better. Also, I have switched to five small meals a day, which seems to keep the empty feeling in the belly from happening.

I get that sometimes. I've tested when I'm really hungry and usually my numbers are good, though sometimes I've found I'm still hungry soon after eating, but it's not the full two hours after my meal, so I know if I tested my numbers would be higher than I want.

Water works for me, and also chewing sugarless gum. I was never much of a gum chewer before, but it does take the edge off when it's not time to eat. I also went to 3 meals and 3 snacks a day. Now I feel like I'm eating all the time!! And if I do get hungry in between times, I know that a meal or a snack is no more than 2 - 3 hrs away. :)

Thanks for all of your replies! I am really good about drinking my water. I got in the habit of that back in 1992 when I was going to Weight Watchers. I keep a water bottle with me at all times. I'm really grateful that when I am eating healthy, my blood sugar doesn't get really high. When I'm really hungry, sometimes it is time to eat and my blood sugar is a little over 100 so I know that is normal. Sometimes it is in the 130's or 140's, within 2 hours of eating and I am suddenly really hungry again. I notice that happens if I eat a lunch or dinner with only 1 1/2 carbs or if I eat a large green salad with lots of protein but no crackers, bread etc with it. It just doesn't stick with me.

I try to eat about every 3 to 4 hours. Thanks for all of the suggestions. I think hot tea instead of the coffee might be a good option for me. I'm going to try that! :-)

now I get that way when low, but as you sometimes I am not, so I drink the water, munch on celery and have been known to eat a couple of dill pickles, etc

Mizgayle, I never even thought about pickels. I'm not a celery person. But I bet the tartness of the pickels would definitely help. I think I'll pick up a jar to keep here at work as the afternoon is one of my hungriest times....that and late at night on the weekend when playing on the computer.

I could eat pickles for breakfast LOL...but I have to watch the bread and butter of course, but I make them with splenda so hasn't spiked too bad.

Insatiable hunger is a good indication of low blood sugar, brought upon by a heavy dose of oral diabetes medication and insulin, as in my case. It's a catch 22, you get real shaky and you eat everything in sight, but then, like me, I gained 10 pnds in less than a mth, and my blood sugars have been through the roof. My wife told me to quit shooting the fast acting insulin (Humulin R) until I see my dr again, and just take the long acting insulin (Lantus) at night, at bed time. So far that has help curbed my hunger drive. Yet I have another issue. I am on the antidepressant med Abilify, which one of the side effects is INCREASED, INSATIABLE appetite. Uh, for food, that is, not for sex. LOL. Diabetes has long destroyed that particular drive, in addition to destroy my sperm count, but that's a different story altogether. In your case, go over all your meds with your dr, and just do the process of elimination. You might be surprised...hope that helps you.

it is a guessing game, and very frustrating at times...they give you meds for one thing, only to discover it messes with something else...I have discovered I am my own detective and will have to figure out by process of elimation, if the insulin change that you tried is working until you see the doctor, then personally from my view point, you are not harming yourself.

Now with the other issue lol, there are ways to overcome that, so please discuss that issue with your doctor also..my hubby has severe heart disease and he also lost that function but with the help of a doctor, we do pretty good for senior citizens ROFL