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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone who's easily thin truly like food?[/quote]

Yes I am naturally thin and love food.

I don't know why but I have always been naturally good at portion control. I didn't learn it from my parents-- my mom struggles with overeating and binging, my dad has a huge appetite though like me is naturally thin.

But from a young age I found i could easily moderate how much I ate. Including when eating "unhealthy" foods. And it's unconscious and context dependent. I generally feel full after two pieces of pizza. When I was training for a marathon i wanted 3-4 and had it. As I've gotten older I think my body just needs fewer calories to function and sometimes I only feel like one piece.

I never feel like I'm denying myself. I eat until food and I don't restrict the foods I eat. I do try to listen to my body and I will get cravings for vegetables or meat and then eat them. I also noticed cravings for sugar and I satisfy them, though I'm as likely to do this with a bowl of berries as a piece of cake-- they both taste good to me.

I don't know why this comes easy to me. Maybe being naturally thin kept me from dieting or developing disordered eating when I was young, and thus I never disrupted my body's signals that tell me what to eat and how much. I know for my mom that's been hard. So maybe seeing how she's struggled with food subconsciously made me avoid certain dieting behavior? I do think always being pretty active and walking to school and work helps my body stay in equilibrium. When I am more sedentary I do notice I have more food cravings amd a tendency to eat kind of mindlessly (snacking in potato chips while I work instead of getting up and eating yogurt and granola and then returning to work). But I dislike being very sedentary anyway so this never lasts long.

I truly don't know why my body works this way and others don't. I wish I did as I have seen howy mom has struggled as how it impacts both her physical and mental health. But yes you can be naturally thin and love food. I think it's more about portions and balance-- eating only what your body needs and loving really healthy food as much as I love fatty and sugary foods (though I do also love those).[/quote]

I'm not naturally thin but I have also developed this habit/eating routine. I also get full after 2 pizza slices, whereas before I was a binge eater. I just started letting go of telling myself I couldn't have XYZ food anymore, and it made the scarcity mindset go away. Turns out, your body naturally knows what to do if you're a healthy person. I have a bigger appetite and eat more when I exercise more. I eat less and have a smaller appetite when I don't exercise. There might be a delay of 3 to 4 days to see the effect (i.e., on day 4 of not exercising, my appetite goes down), but my body will regulate.

The only thing that I've noticed is that, if I don't eat a vegetable or fruit with a meal (i.e. a meatball sub), I might feel hungry without eating a lot more. But if I pair it with an apple or some roasted veggies, I'm full. So I think that the modern diet, which lacks veggies and fruits, is not good for actual fullness.[/quote]

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