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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes you have to be hungry all the time to be thin. Anyone who says otherwise is lying or has never had a weight problem.[/quote]

This is wrong. Humans are not meant to be full all the time. If you’ve been conditioned to eat til you are full and believe that any sensation less than complete fullness is equivalent to Being Hungry All The Time - that is simply part of your conditioning. It’s a lot of the reason that most overweight people remain overweight, or lose the weight and gain it all back through yo yo dieting. Once you change your mindset everything is possible. [/quote]

+1. I am thin but don't diet or calorie restrict. [b]But I'm hungry every day. Not all day but several times a day. [/b]I eat foods I enjoy and that sate my hunger but I don't eat them continuously to avoid hunger.

Right now I'm hungry. I'm about to eat breakfast but I'm probably going to intentionally eat something that doesn't totally fill me up because I want to work out this morning and don't want to be stuffed. I will my eat a really filling meal until dinner (bread and pasta with meat sauce) so I'll probably be a little hungry all day. Even when I eat dinner I won't have a huge serving because the food is so inherently filling so a small bowl of pasta and a slice of bread with butter will be plenty. I'll wake up hungry again tomorrow.

I don't think any of this is disordered. It's just life. I don't want to be stuffed. Food is fuel to get me through the day and I like it to taste good and be enjoyable. But I rarely feel completely full because I don't really like that feeling and don't really see the point. I'll eat again in a few hours. It's NBD.[/quote]

Are you saying that you get hungry during meal times like a normal human being?

I don't think that's what OP is talking about. I think OP wants to know if thin people are constantly hungry.

As someone who is a size 0 and has visible abs, the answer is no, I am not hungry all day. I do get hungry and when that happens, I either eat something or drink a hot beverage or both. I find that the best way to maintain my physique is to NOT SNACK and only eat MEALS. If you're hungry, it's time for a lunch or dinner that satisfies you taste wise and stomach wise - not that 300 calorie snack that leaves you hungry for more.[/quote]

PP here and I both get hungry during meal times and also sometimes feel hungry for longer portions of the day. But I never feel hungry literally all day. So like the cliche of the dieter who is hungry but forces herself to just eat a small and unsatisfying meal and is still hungry when it's over but it's about "discipline" -- I don't relate to that. And that's what I take OP to mean when she asks if hunger is part of staying thin -- that thin people are in a state of self-denial all the time.

But what this thread has touched on that I think is interesting is how different people experience hunger and respond to it. And I do think I might have a higher tolerance for the feeling of hunger because it's just not uncommon for me to go most of the day feeling low level hunger (but then fully sate it at dinner with something kind of rich) or to intentionally choose to eat a meal that doesn't fully satisfy my hunger because I don't like feeling super full when I exercise or when I need to focus at work (it will just put me to sleep). And I wonder if the fact that hunger doesn't bother me that much unless it's extremely intense makes it easier for me to do things like portion control or eating healthier foods because it doesn't feel like some sacrifice.[/quote]

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