Seconding the water suggestions here- often one’s brain mistakes thirst for hunger.
Also, snacking is good. Try to replace your snacks with some high protein or low calorie alternatives. Nuts and carrots with hummus are my favorite go-tos to the point now I prefer them to chips and sweets most times.

This is absolutely true. For example: in the East people with ambitions would get Party recommendations from high-profile members to ‘prove’ they were never Nazis. This obviously has problems and it wasn’t hard to game the system unless one was famously a Nazi.