Is hunger just a part of remaining thin?

[Anonymous]

Yep, I am amazed to see middle-aged moms with *rolls* of fat on them. It is good to take scare of oneself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my experience, yes, but I do find that once my body is used to it it’s fine. The past year or so, I’ve been eating significantly more and went from thin (5’4” and 112) to 120ish, which is not thin on my frame.

I’m trying to get back to 112, and eating like I used to is definitely leaving me a bit hungry. But I was never hungry before and my activity level has not changed. I think once it’s routine again I’ll be fine.

That’s hard to believe. I am 5’4” and look sickly at 112 lbs.

[Anonymous]

A cube of cheese is 100 calories. Just so you're aware. You can eat other things if you're hungry.

Yes, we can't have an adult human eating 100 calories in one sitting!

I can go out for a 4 course meal, clean my plate and easily be hungry 3 hours later because thats how my individual appetite/metabolism work. I'm really not carrying a damaging amount of extra weight on my frame by just eating when I'm hungry and weighing 120. It beats eating like a toddler to maintain 105 pounds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

A cube of cheese is 100 calories. Just so you're aware. You can eat other things if you're hungry.

Yes, we can't have an adult human eating 100 calories in one sitting!

I can go out for a 4 course meal, clean my plate and easily be hungry 3 hours later because thats how my individual appetite/metabolism work. I'm really not carrying a damaging amount of extra weight on my frame by just eating when I'm hungry and weighing 120. It beats eating like a toddler to maintain 105 pounds.

Isn’t PP’s point that you can pick something else and get a whole lot more food than 1 cheese cube for 100 calories?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In my experience, yes, but I do find that once my body is used to it it’s fine. The past year or so, I’ve been eating significantly more and went from thin (5’4” and 112) to 120ish, which is not thin on my frame.

I’m trying to get back to 112, and eating like I used to is definitely leaving me a bit hungry. But I was never hungry before and my activity level has not changed. I think once it’s routine again I’ll be fine.

That’s hard to believe. I am 5’4” and look sickly at 112 lbs.

Wow. It's almost like people have different bodies and carry weight differently. Amazing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Haven’t read the whole thread but the title is stupid.

Eat six baby carrots and a cube of cheese every time you feel hungry.
Guarantee you will not be fat. Or hungry.

A cube of cheese is 100 calories. Just so you're aware. You can eat other things if you're hungry.

I’m not sure what your definition of a cheese cube is…the ones that come bagged? Those are like 20 calories.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Haven’t read the whole thread but the title is stupid.

Eat six baby carrots and a cube of cheese every time you feel hungry.
Guarantee you will not be fat. Or hungry.

Do people really live like this?

Yes. It's why most people on DCUM give up and take Ozempic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For a lot of people (especially perimenopausal/menopausal women) it is. It’s because rather than being where their body is most comfortable and they can eat normally - which is probably a size 8-14 - they will do WHATEVER IT TAKES to stay as skinny as they were in college or whatever.

OP. That's a really good point. At 47, I guess this is where I might be. Size 8 feels shameful to me, weirdly. I want my 6s to be comfortable. Accepting that I'm past the size 4 stage where I was in my 20s...at my age, I think too skinny doesn't look good.

Funny how bodies can be completely different at similar stats. I am 5'6" 144lbs but comfortably a size 2-4. I mostly need the 4s in tops because of my muscular shoulders. I would look unhealthy at low 130s and I am always perplexed at women of similar height weighing in the 120s trying to lose weight.

It is odd. I am 5.8” and 139 and am thin but with wide hips and I wear a 12.

I’m 5’8” when I was 138 my doctor told me I needed to gain weight to get pregnant. I got to 145 and bam pregnant. I was size 10/12 and thin, very thin. But I (as an example) wear size large men’s gloves, my legs are forever long and my hips don’t lie.

Me too! I’m 150lbs and 5’8 and I put on about 6 lbs of muscle in the last few years. I wear 4/6 in most clothes and before I put on muscle, I looked really thin at 140-144. I am still thin and wear same clothes but the muscle definition and fat loss looks better. I don’t worry about the weight.

[Anonymous]

I’m large frame

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my experience, yes, but I do find that once my body is used to it it’s fine. The past year or so, I’ve been eating significantly more and went from thin (5’4” and 112) to 120ish, which is not thin on my frame.

I’m trying to get back to 112, and eating like I used to is definitely leaving me a bit hungry. But I was never hungry before and my activity level has not changed. I think once it’s routine again I’ll be fine.

That’s hard to believe. I am 5’4” and look sickly at 112 lbs.

What's hard to believe? That someone might be petite, with smaller wrists, feet and head than you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haven’t read the whole thread but the title is stupid.

Eat six baby carrots and a cube of cheese every time you feel hungry.
Guarantee you will not be fat. Or hungry.

A cube of cheese is 100 calories. Just so you're aware. You can eat other things if you're hungry.

I’m not sure what your definition of a cheese cube is…the ones that come bagged? Those are like 20 calories.

1oz of pretty much any cheese is about 100 calories at minimum.

[Anonymous]

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That’s hard to believe. I am 5’4” and look sickly at 112 lbs.

I'm 5'4" and look fine at 112 lbs. That makes me a size 4. Right now I'm 122 lbs and soft in the middle. I wear size 6/medium petite dresses and shirts because of my narrow shoulders and shorter arms. I wear a 34A bra so there isn't much in my chest. For pants I wear size 6 regular, not petite. I am pear shaped. When I gain weight it all goes to my middle.

[Anonymous]

I'm 5'6' and 183. I could be 165 if I could tolerate hunger, but I already tolerate stress and fatigue in a corporate job so nah.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine caring that much about what people think of me --a middle aged mom-- to be miserable and hungry every day when I could be a comfortable, normal weight.

No one is looking at you. No one cares or even notices if you can squeeze into your pre-covid clothes. You are making yourself miserable for actually no reason at all.

I don't get it.

OP. I don't really agree with this. As a middle aged mom, I definitely look at my fellow moms and admire those who are slim and beautiful. I'm talking women 35-55. DH also appreciates that I've lost weight and compliments me. I know what you mean that people don't look at women our age in the same way that we were gazed upon in our youth, but most definitely, appearance matters. It's nice that you don't care what people think about you. I really do care, and being heavier makes me feel miserable and slovenly and unhealthy.

But...it sucks to be hungry.

I assume if you are thin and 50 either you don't eat when you're stressed, or being thin is a high priority for you. My priorities are my faith, my family and my job. My weight is not in my top 5 concerns.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now that I’m mid 40s yes. Before that I could eat whatever I want which was mostly deli sandwiches and pizza and cake and stay 125 5’6”.

I’m mid-40s and I still eat all of that, just smaller portions than before. And I run a lot. Works for me.

Do you have children who are teens and does your job stress you out?