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Compared to those who truly struggle with their relationship with food, it appears unconscious and effortless, and it largely is for some people. I think most are as you describe--when I'm not athletic, that's me, the waist-checker and scale-checker and the person who tallies up cake calories. When I was working out a lot,…

I CANNOT TELL YOU what a difference this made for my "clean plate club" husband. He used to literally eat himself sick several times a WEEK. He just doesn't know what "full" feels like because of his parents. It's been months since he's done that now.

My hunger hormones went crazy with my last kid. I was starving ALL THE TIME for several months. We visited my in-laws, who are huge foodpushers, and I chirped up (because I'm kinda mean), "Now that I'm fat and I eat all the time, you'll be happy with what I eat!" My MIL looked shocked...then thoughtful as the meal…

WHEN I'm athletic, I don't have to consciously worry about it. There are reasons I don't eat just cake, sure. But I actually did maintain within about 3-4lbs--low of 121lbs in workout gear, high of 125--without wasting any energy or willpower. Of course, I DO make a lot of good decisions ahead of time, in the grocery…

Simply because of the way people use the words as a phrase. LOL. That's all. Think of it with quotes the other way, if you prefer.

My husband will eat my food until he's sick if I leave it. We just eat off TINY plates (8" and 6.5" square), and I go back for a little more if I'm actually hungry!

LOL. That's why the quotes. If you want to use another word, you can, but I'm trying to actually describe the differences that lead to people honestly observing that others simply don't fight food the way that they do. Unconscious? Automatic? You can pick. I'm actually keeping a bit of a hawk's eye on my daughter because…

You can't tell from someone's weight, if they are in a healthy range, what their attitude toward food is. They might be a "constant checker." My husband has TERRIBLE food habits learned from his parents (and was once obese for his race while not even realizing that he'd gained 30lbs in 9 months!), and that's how he stays…

Pretty much this, too. "Naturally thin" people have a very, very different relationship with food than "naturally obese" people. They eat because it's mealtime. They eat about what they think, mentally, they SHOULD eat. If they don't like what's there, they'll just..not eat for a while. And it's no big deal. I usually lost…

Most thin people have a HABIT of not eating very much, first of all. They have a routine of foods that generally fit within their balance. They also have key pieces of clothes that tell them when they need to eat a little less. They also know what they SHOULD look like and feel like. When you have a thin friend complaining…

Yep. Got a rare genetic muscular disorder.

You should stop trying to lose and recomp. Yikes. I support people who want healthy goals--yours is risking osteoporosis.

125lbs will be about 36-26-36 or so. 118lbs is about 35.5-23.5-35.5. I like to be between that. I'm both curvy and muscular.

You can lose weight on that, sure. Is it the best? No. IF you want to stick to 1200 cals and get in a solid, balanced diet with solid macros and good micro, here's how: -Plan lean meat, nuts, beans, eggs, unsweetened yogurt, cottage cheese, etc., first. Get in 40-100 grams of protein (since you're a girl). I don't sweat…

People move to Colorado not for restaurants or entertainment for for outdoor recreation. Get REALLY into outdoor recreation and make sure you keep in shape for it...and voila, the "Colorado" diet.

There are silicone skin products that help. I'd also use body shapewear if I was able to "arrange" the folds so they didn't fold under it. Some people can do that. Your skin will continue tightening for 2 years. If the folds are thick, with fat behind them, continuing to lose weight WILL make them smaller, The bat behind…

Days 21, 22, and 23 complete, oooops! :) Scale started moving again. Down 8.4lbs since I started this!

Name: MamaBird Age: 35 Height: 5'-6" Start Weight (1st July): 139.2 lbs (totally counting my weight at midnight, lol, because that's where I as at the end of June) Goal Weight (1st August): 134.2 lbs 1st July: 137.6 lbs (overnight woosh before morning!) 8th July: 137.0 15th July: 135.6 22nd July: 29th July: 1st August:…

Leslie Sansone is GREAT!!!! It's all standing. Nothing awkward, super hard, or embarrassing.

That's what I bought in college, too! Mine was sub-$10, and it wasn't electric.

Get someone to give you a food scale for the next holiday/birthday-type gift.

Oh, well, that's your problem! That's below sedentary! It takes about 6k to fill up sedentary for most people. And you count steps above that. :) You need something that syncs to MFP correctly.

Eat what's comfortable and also not below a reasonable amount for your height/weight (definitely 1200 for you!). My hunger varies A LOT with activities and hormones. Some days, I eat 1700. Some days, I eat 1000. I don't like being hungry. At my weight, I MUST not have a deficit more than 1050 calories or so (for reasons…

It can help steady insulin to spread out (especially) certain carbs if you're prediabetic. I bet there are groups here about that. :) I don't know too much about it!

Diet soda will help at least that part! :)

From dealing with the homeless, I actually believe the opposite. You won't control it until you decide to and believe you can and you will. As long as you find other things and people and situations to blame, you'll fail to gain any ground. The people who get knocked down by life and STAY down are those who see themselves…

Aaaaah, but food addiction is protective of substance addiction! Process "addicts" tend to be MORE likely to have other process addictions but LESS likely to have substance addictions. Someone who's obese is less likely than someone who's normal weight to be an alcoholic and to do any form of drugs. But they're more likely…