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Anyone else feel that even at 50 pounds plus overweight, you have been holding back? I know I have portion control problems and a fondness for fast food, but I feel like visually it appears that I must have REALLY been enjoying myself with gallons of ice cream and a spoon on the sofa, and that is just not the case. I am not blaming hormones or a sluggish metabolism, but I do feel like the desire to overeat must have some biological roots. I know I could EASILY be so much bigger with very little effort and that is just frightening. I am aware we aren’t all the same and life isn’t fair.  I am losing weight and exercising-maybe I underestimate how restrictive normal weight women have to be with their daily intake? [/quote]

I think you have underestimated how restrictive thinner people eat. Many of these people don't realize how restrictive they eat either.

I come from a big family. About 50% of my family is overweight/obese. The other half is much thinner.

There really is no rhyme or reason to who is thinner and who is overweight. The only divider seems to be the amount of food we eat. Some have learned to go hungry for a while and have gotten used to eating less. Others are still struggling with dealing with hunger.

Thin women eat so much less.

Last year, my then 34 year old, 5'7 sister who has been very skinny her entire life starting gaining weight(she gained around 10 pounds). She immediately cut out breakfast. Cold turkey.  The weight melted off in a few months.

It took me about 5 years of gaining weight to finally cut out breakfast. I now have much more pounds to lose than if I had reacted immediately like my sister did.

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