Do I have to feel hungry for the rest of my life?

maybe include food with higher proteins and fats?

I don't think you should ever feel hungry. Something needs changing if you are.

I see where you have posted before that you were not struggling with hunger. Are you eating differently now? Exercising more?

When I feel hungry I first drink a glass of water, if I'm still hungry after 15 min, then I'm hungry and eat something. I try to eat less then 1500 calories a day, but my 'maintain weight' number of cals is 1850, so as long as I stay under that I'm not going to gain, just not lose quite as fast.

Not sure what's different between now and when you were having a measure of success without feeling hungry. But, in general, my answer would be to bulk up your meals with calorie-moderate foods (so you can eat more) and make sure that you include plenty of fats, fiber, and protein (to help you feel more satisfied for longer). Also drink plenty of water, or otherwise hydrate yourself, as dehydration can feel like hunger.

I had the HUGEST, most leisurely day-off breakfast today - literally a heaping dinner plate full of food - and it was 349 calories and felt not one bit like "diet food." I do not go hungry. Ever.

I never feel hungry-change up your foods and find ones that are more filling (an example would be a bowl of oatmeal with fruit added in vs a bowl of cereal and milk etc etc).

I feel your pain! It really is more of a mental challenge, I always seem to have my mind on food or what I'm going to eat next. It's best to keep yourself busy. If you feel hungry all the time, I would recommend eating more protein and high fiber food. I went to Whole Foods yesterday and bought whole wheat bran flakes cereal - AMAZING! It has a tiny amount of sugar and has a natural sweet flavor to it. The best part is that it is high in fiber so you can munch on it and actually feel full for a small amount of calories. I love to eat it as an afternoon snack with some unsweetened almond milk and a few shakes of ground cinnamon (the cinnamon really brings out the sweetness in the flakes). There are a lot of ways you can feel full while eating healthy...you just have to get creative! Good luck to you!

Is it emotional hunger or physical hunger?

Physical hunger means you are not satisfying your body with what you are eating. If this is true, you might have to eat more calorie dense foods, or you should try eating more often (smaller meals).

Emotional hunger means there is some underlying reason that you are eating, such as stress, anger, loneliness, or some unresolved issue. This one you need to ride it out and try to figure out why you want to eat when you are not hungry.

If you are eating properly, you should not be physically hungry unless you have not eaten for a longer period of time, or your body tells you it's time to eat.

I eat less. I lost weight. I like it. Yet, I feel hungry everyday. It's a life style change. Does that mean I have to feel hungry everyday for the rest of my life?

You shouldn't have to feel hungry all the time. Experiment with your food choices. Make sure you're getting enough food, get enough protein and fats (they help keep you feeling full for longer).

If you are always hungry, you won't be able to stay with it. But you should be able to eat a deficit without being hungry. I started at 1200 cal (I know , not good), and I was hungry. I went to 1500 and still lost weight, but wasn't hungry. I wasn't hungry, but I did still have cravings. There is a big difference. You need to find the right range for you. But as others have said, veggies and foods high in protein will be your friend. Good luck.

If you need to eat more because you're hungry, you can re-evaluate if you're going for a 1000 calories a day deficit or 500 a day or whatever, and if you really ARE sedentary (most people set themselves sedentary when they're not). And after that, you can exercise a bit more to pick up an extra snack. It's not hard to burn a couple hundred calories and then eat a yummy nature valley protein bar (or whatever you might enjoy!). It'll keep you from feeling like you're being punished.

Some of my days I might be over my calories, some of my days I'll be under, some I'll be almost exactly at my goal. As long as the week balances out for the goal net calories, it's fine.

Increasing my water intake helped my hunger, too.

I have sympathy for you though because today I was hungry from the moment I woke up. I just wanted to eat like whatever! Sometimes I just have hungry days.

I was like man, I just want some chips! I want nori maki! I want string cheese! I want peanut butter pretzels! I want dried fruit! I want some peanuts! Before I logged, those cravings would be me sitting down with the bag or container of whatever I craved and eating. And I'd eat until the cravings went away, many servings later.

I ended up eating all those things today, but I measured each thing into a bowl and ate them separately over time. I'm about to drink my 10th cup of water today, and I feel pretty darn okay. All my carvings were attended to and right now, a few hours before bed, I do not feel hungry or deprived. Also, I had a large portion of vegetables with my dinner and the bulk of that really helps.

I don't want you to feel like you're going to be starving forever. I'm definitely eating different. I'm definitely not full all the time. But, as long as I eat what I want, I feel okay about cutting back on how much of it I have. If I told myself no this or that, pfft, I wouldn't last more than a week or two. I think once you lose the weight and your body gets used to your new size, maintaining won't be bad. At least, I hope it will be that way for me.

TL;DR: I do not think you'll be hungry forever, but you will have hungry days / times while in a calorie deficit. This is normal.

Truthfully, I am rarely hungry - even when I was on 1230 calories net a day. I did happily eat excerise calories when I was.

This is the wonderful thing about logging your food. Look at the things that are lots of calories but not important to you. For me it was bread, milk/cream, and cheese. Drop way down on them. Now you have lots of room for more filling foods.

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I do get hungry when I eat sugar or really easy to digest food because it gives me insulin spikes (no I am not diabetic or insulin resistant). When I dropped down to 40% carbs from 60% of my calories from carbs, it helped a lot.