[mrcrumb1]

I'm a person who has vacillated between being close to normal weight and obese. I think people who don't have problems controlling their diet tend to underestimate just how hard it can be to eat at a calorie deficit or even just maintenance when you've lost a large amount of weight. When I'm at my lowest weight I literally am thinking about food constantly and my maintenance calorie intake drops to about 1500-1800 calories.

[Aloha]

It's really hard to explain to someone the agony of being hungry all the time - without experiencing it, they just cant understand.

[pton_xd]

> It's really hard to explain to someone the agony of being hungry all the time - without experiencing it, they just cant understand.

This can easily happen if you eat the wrong food and train your gut to prefer the wrong types of food.

And by "wrong food" I mean the typical American diet -- processed food and soda.

[sneak]

"processed" food is fine - all food is processed. The issue is with huge amounts of fast carbs coupled with high fat. It can occur even with "unprocessed" foods such ice cream.

[DoreenMichele]

FWIW, I lost multiple dress sizes without counting calories or starving myself by eating a more nutrient dense diet.