dreamer40

I know how the diet craze (or shall I say thin craze world) I can see how you can be scared about eating to much and gaining weight, is it any wonder obesity is epidemic? with everyone so scared to eat or too scared to eat to satisfaction, it is any wonder people just don't explode or die from starvation.

but thank goodness teh body counteracts our undereating habits, (which inevitably leads to overeating but you sound like you are eating normally to me) otherwise we would die from undereating before we realize we are not eating enougH.

yes to your other point, in order to be artifically thin you have to stay hungry, it is true there are people who manage to keep slim by undereating and a ability to fight their bodies effort to get them to eat more so it can gain weight, much needed as far as the body is concerned. these people are termed anorexic or borderline anorexic or bulemic, (and you don't have to vomit to purge, some bulemics purge through excessive exercise to try and force the body to use the fuel up instead of storing as fat.

these must come up with all kinds of coping methods to keep from eating to satisfaction, because to eat to satisfaction for them (because of not eating enough in the past) their bodies do ask for more fuel then necessary for immediate needs, what people fail to realize the body is also preparing for future needs too based on past experiences.

but most people fail to grasp it even when it is explained to them, (believe me I speak from experinece) and explained and explained, yet the dieting propaganda including the you have to control your food or you will be fat all your life is ingrained and hard to remove.

anyway please don't get on the dieting and fear of fat treadmill by worrying about if you are eating too much, my question would be are you eating enough? if you are eating enough (according to the body's interpretation not ourselves) then you will never gain fat.

if you do start to gain it is because you have triggored the thrifty gene expression by not eating enough in the past or having to junky of a diet.

if you try to force your body to get by on less because of fear of getting fat your body will rebel, it will rebel against anything that is a survival threat whether an immediate threat or long term threat.

not unless your body's survival instincts are not strong, then you can go hungry and force the body to use up fat/muscle without it rebelling, but these people are rare.

RR