I lost 80 pounds, and have maintained that weight loss for more than 2 years.
As in the article, I am **constantly** starving! I dream of food when I sleep. I fantasize about food when awake. I watch the clock waiting for the next time I can eat.
I scrupulously measure ***every*** crumb that goes into my mouth, and I absolutely can NOT eat more than 1,200 calories a day. That is equal to about 4 glasses of 1% milk, 4 pieces of bread, 2 eggs, and a banana. Try doing that for the rest of your life!
If I am starving, I know I have eaten enough.
It will be this way until I die.
Only gastric bypass has been shown to reduce appetite. Unfortunately, I was never fat enough to qualify, and I will never qualify at a normal weight.
That I remain thin require the same will-power, brute mental force, and will power that it took for me to earn a doctorate in my profession.
When I was growing up there were **no** fat children in my elementary class. (Hey! I was thin!) Chubbiness only seemed to show up in adolescence. Perhaps it is because all the children walked to and from school and went home for lunch. In high school we rode public transportation.
And,,,I have never met a fat homeschooler who has been homeschooled from the beginning.