artificial sweetners and a lot of other foods make you feel empty becuase they are empty calories that don't don't trigger yoru bodies turn off i need to eat switch thingy in the stomach.

So try to eat a healthy, and a hugemongous salad with two glasses of water.

I feel this way sometimes due to stress, anxiety and depression.

Do you really have sweet rolls in the house?

That is the first thing I would do - get rid of those type of things.
I find when I get like this I have to let myself eat something or it will drive me crazy. I have come up with some things that aren't terribly bad that I will eat.

Some of those things are toast w/ jam, peanut butter or cinnamon sugar. I also keep very dark chocolate bars on hand. They aren't very sweet yet have the satifsying richness. I have learned to make a psuedo reeses cup with some rits crackers, a dab of peanut butter and a small piece of the dark chocolate. I then microwave wave maybe 5 of these for 25-30 seconds. You could come up w/ a few simple, but not too terrible treats to allow yourself to have when you feel the need.

I always drink a big glass of water with whatever treat I decide to allow myself to have. I also like chai tea w/ soy milk. It seems a little decadant and the spices are full of anti-oxidants.

Be good to yourself!

I too feel this way, especially if I am stressed or in pain. (I also get so depressed when in pain or stressed.)
I have an intense weakness for chocolate, especially white chocolate. I have found several recipes that I use to make white chocolate muffins (about 125 cal ea) and scones (about 115 calories each). I also made a coffee mixture (white choc of course) that I can enjoy iced (with soy milk) or hot. I can even have a bit of whip cream on it for under 150 calories per 6 oz cup..
I keep my white choc chips frozen and it seems to help me not reach for them unless I am baking. I also keep regular popsicles (mini) on hand and use them as an evening treat.
I agree with Gilthanos on the artificial sweetener thingy. I have a favorite I will use for baking, but otherwise I try to avoid them.
Good Luck and try to stay positive. Switching gears health wise is HARD! Any habit, can take up to 6 weeks (or more) to break/create and last (or so I've read lots.), so hang in there and I promise to try to be there with you!
Lisa

For starters, get the stuff that tempts you to munch out of your house. I guarantee you that you have the strength to not buy it, but most people do not have the strength to not eat it if it is there. Next, make sure you eat a healthy breakfast. Starting healthy make it easy to stay healthy. I recommend a whole grain cereal that is low on sugar and high in fiber. Fiber fills you up. If you need to munch, munch on veggies. They are high in fiber and will fill you up fast. for lunch, if you are super hungry, incorporate a salad or, as Gilthanos said, just eat a HUGE salad. Fruit is an acceptable SWEET item to eat. I think that you will find that if you exercise and eat better, you will feel better. The confidence that comes with a healthy life style truly makes me feel better and I hope it will do the same to you.

I use to go thru enormous amounts of this too. For me the answer was not switching foods around. The anxiety was actually "out of order emotions and locked up emotional pain". I did the best I could with, as soon as I'd start to feel anxious or compulsive towards food like ready to take that first bite to binge, instead of reaching for the food, I would immediately pick up a pillow and start beating the wall. The crying would start, and i'd cry out that piece of locked up pain until I couldnt cry and beat the wall anymore. That's what the answer was for me. It took 8 years of beating the wall and crying out pain for my body to get to the point where it's suppose to be as in, not experiencing compulsiveness to binge anymore. So now I'm just working on the habit part of eating what makes sense for me to eat without depriving myself of anything. The worse thing u can do is go on a diet. Diets dont work because it's against the natural order of how the psychy operates. I do make sure I have my nutrition shake either once a day or once every couple days only because I know how good it is for me and knowing that I dont have to drink it if I dont want to. U have to give yourself freedom "with" food in order for u to be free "from" food. U have to tell yourself "I can eat anything I want anytime I want". What will start to happen to u is, suddenly u really dont want so much food because u honestly know it's ok for u to either have it, or not have. Now all of this does not happen over night. Sometimes it takes months to retrain yourself, but once u do, u know u have found at least some type of an answer for yourself that works. It felt so good yesterday when I was at the laundramat, I only had a protein shake for the day, and the pizza place was right next door. It use to be, I'd order a whole big meal. But now I dont because i have realized I dont have to "and" ends up i never really had to. So I went in the pizza place and ordered fried mushrooms and cole slaw. it was just enough. They did not have a little desert so when I went back to the laundramat, I went to the candy machine and picked out something for myself that makes sense for me to have as a small desert, just enough to satisfy that i really can have whatever I want I had a little packet of nutter butter peanut butter cookies. There are 4 in a pack and just enough to satisfy myself while not depriving "me". Because I let myself be free with food. I ended up eating small size portions, without feeling forced to labeling it a meal or call it a word like "dinner'. And when I came home, I did not desire anymore food or even have the anxiety to eat more. It took a lot of prayer for me to get this far. I'm proud of myself that I have.
I think once someone has the understanding where the anxiety of compulsiveness eating is really from, then they can eventually break free from it. But it starts with giving yourself freedom with food to eat anything u want, anytime u want, that way your results are, "u really dont want it, or enormous amounts of it".