Why I want to eat? Sometimes it feels like true hunger. Sometimes there is no reason... it is a compulsion. Sometimes I'm not aware that I am eating. At certain times I have thought, wow, I don't know how to enjoy anything other than eating. I should learn how to take pleasure from other types of sensory input. There is no specificity. It can be anything. I grew up on fruit and milk for snacks. Never had too much over processed food around me.


So um to answer your question, no I cannot pin down why I want to eat. "What" does not seem to be part of the equation for me.