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[quote=Anonymous]I think the PPs who talk about skinny people craving less food are right. I was super skinny in my 20s - 5’3” and 102lb with DD size chest so clinically underweight. I just didn’t want to eat and would sometimes forget to eat and feel faint; my friends knew to ask me if I had something to eat that day if I wasn’t feeling well.

Then I got married to a man who was a foodie and had kids and was on a schedule and would eat to keep them company. I put on a lot of weight (I went up to 175) and developed a big appetite. When the kids got bigger I decided to lose it all and went on a very strict 1200 calorie diet and exercise regimen. I went do to 120 which is what I am now in my mid-40s which is not skinny Minnie but good enough for me. The thing I remember is how I craved both sugar and big quantities of food when I first started dieting - I went from a woman who literally forgot to eat to someone who could eat a restaurant meal at a sitting. And once I lost even 20lb, I not only lost carb cravings but the amounts of food I wanted were significantly less. In fact, about midway into the weight loss, I found myself not hungry on a 1200 calorie diet which would have been unimaginable for 170lb me. And now at 120lb I haven’t gone to my forget meals days but I not only eat about 1400 calories a day, that is actually all I want. I sometimes crave the kind of food I don’t allow myself much of (I still limit carbs) but I never feel hungry per se. A smaller body requires less food to keep going and honestly, you get used to it.

My family is divided pretty evenly into overweight and not people - the only difference is that the latter watch what they eat constantly and the rest do not. Unless you are a very lucky person whose metabolism is still amazing once you hit middle age, that’s what you have to do - find a means to lose withdrawals if you need to and then stick to a regimen that makes sure it doesn’t go up again. There aren’t really any long term magic tricks, alas.[/quote]

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