I've been thinking about all the posts in this thread...Some have never had to try to lose weight and think it's just a matter of changing your diet, which generally is the cure, however it's still very difficult after weight is put on to get it off...Diet and exercise is the accepted way to lose weight, but it's still very slow to come off...There have been a lot of very good answers in this thread but still there is no quick way to take the weight off in short order...

I have been watching, asking, and listening to people with the same problem and most of the answers are the same...One thing I noticed about myself is this...While mostly eating the right foods, and drinking the right drinks, and some exercising, I think a lot of my problem is that I don't just eat until I'm not hungry anymore, I find that I eat until I'm full and don't feel like I can take another bite... Having been through the nutritionist demonstrations when I was first diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, one of the first things she told me was a diabetic should eat 4 smaller meals daily with snack a couple hours or so after the last meal...The meals should contain portions of about a 1/2 cup of the side dishes ( veggies and such ) and a couple ounces of meat...I tried hard to do that but 1/2 cup is only about what you can hold in the palm of your hand and at the end of each meal I was still hungry, therefore I was hungry all the time...

I do eat the right things for the most part, but I just can't go through the day hungry, and then go to bed hungry as well...When I am still hungry after I finish eating, by the time the next meal time comes around, I'm so hungry I start to feel sick, so I eat more than I should...Even though what I'm eating is healthy, I'm eating too much, but i can't see any benefit to being hungry after each meal..That in itself can't be healthy

I should also mention my dietitian says I should eat a 2000 calorie diet and my carbohydrate intake should only be half my protein intake

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