[jimmaswell]

I've lost 130lbs through calorie counting. I was hungry in the very beginning, maybe the first few weeks. After that my hunger adapted to my diet and I have no issues with it now.

I was worried about all that stuff about the body never adapting back after being used to eating a certain amount but it just hasn't come up. Maybe that's more likely to happen if you go too fast. I've been keeping a steady pace of ~1.3lbs/week which is slow but easily sustainable.

It also helps hunger to eat more protein, not avoid fat too much, and avoid simple carbs.