> One person told me, "No matter how much I eat or exercise, I have been 'hungry' my entire life. That ended when I started taking these drugs."

I would change this to "No matter how much I eat, I have been hungry my entire life", because that's what my experience is.

I'm nearly always hungry. Doesn't matter what I eat or how much of it. High protein, high fiber, moderate fat, low carb, all the steps people say cures hunger, and I'm still hungry. 20 oz steak and a massive portion of broccoli, and I'll still get munchies an hour later. And before someone says "You're probably actually thirsty, but making the common mistake of thinking it's hunger", no, that's not it. I'm drinking plenty of water. My urine is almost clear.

People say things like "If you're hungry between meals, just eat a handful of nuts!", and I don't know if I want to laugh or cry, because I'll eat a handful, then another, and another, next thing I know, I've eaten literally 1,000 calories and I'M STILL FUCKING HUNGRY.

And so I get incredibly angry whenever someone says something like "omg these fatties have to take drugs because they don't know how to stop eating" as if everyone has the same experiences as them.

No, my hunger sensor is miscalibrated. Some of ya'll might go out to lunch and end up eating a large meal and not end up hungry for dinner and skip it. I'll go out to lunch, eat the large meal, and end up hungry 2 hours later. If I get the smaller meal, I'll leave the restaurant still being hungry.

I even tried keto. I did it for 9 months and went from 270 to 205 lbs, but even after 9 months, my hunger was not recalibrated. I was still hungry after every meal. After 9 months, I ran out of willpower. Gave into the hunger again. Slowly came back to 245 lbs and stayed there.

I wish I could try Ozempic. Maybe it would fix me. But I'm not diabetic, so my doc won't give it to me.

I gained about 50 pounds the past decade and the past year I’ve been trying to lose it.

I weighed myself at the beginning: 205 lbs

I started running 30 minutes per day (heartrate training targeting about 140-150), every day, for 10 months. I kept my diet the same as before (though with a protein bar after the run). Weighed myself every week or two, always within a couple pounds of 205.

In March I ramped up my runs to 45 minutes per day with better interval planning. Still 205. I injured my ankle in May: 205. I’ve been busy and haven’t gotten back into running yet, just weighed myself, and after months of no activity: 205

Weight loss is hard. It is possible to put in a pretty strenuous amount of effort and willpower and see exactly zero results.

It is enough, but there are people who dont have metal fortitude to eat healthy and just the right amount.

>eating healthy and exercising is not enough for a lot

That's because both these interventions when followed in the way they are commonly understood are near completely incorrect. I blame the govt/medical profession for this.

Other factors: again I blame govt/medical profession for this - example it's difficult to get unprocessed food unless one reads labels carefully. For example it is near impossible to get milk that is not fortified with vitamin D. As they say: the road to hell is paved with good intent.

Granted that even after doing everything right there will be some people who will be obese, but that would be the minority. Again the govt/medical profession is to blame - for example I've heard that infants/kids are now given around 30 vaccines. With so many variables that have changed in the environment it now becomes difficult to isolate what is causing the health issues that predispose people to a lifetime of ill health