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In reply to the discussion: Is it a person's "fault" if they're fat? What does that question really mean? [View all]Silent3
(15,210 posts)...rather than aimed at me specifically, since I don't think I implied simplicity of execution of a weight loss plan anywhere.
If you find yourself hungry all of the time, you might want to experiment with changing what you're eating when you do eat. No guarantees it will help, of course -- I don't want to be one of those annoying people who thinks that whatever worked for me is the magic bullet for everyone, nor do I want to presume that perhaps you haven't tried this already.
While I still have to exercise some will power now and then to resist eating unneeded calories, I've avoided the serious bouts of hunger that I experienced back during the 90s when I followed a low-fat diet. Back then I spent most of a decade being hungry a good bit of the time. This past year, following a different diet, has been MUCH easier on me than what I'd endured before.
For me eating a lot more fresh and bulky vegetables, a bit more fat than I used to consider healthy from my low-fat days, and eating fewer sugary or other high glycemic index foods has really helped make it easier to keep my hunger under control so keeping the calorie count down isn't so big a struggle.