Pretty sure my appetite matches my appetite, so I'd never lose much weight if I just met my appetite. The trick: ignore your appetite sometimes. This is definitely harder for some, but I often don't get a choice. I wake up, eat a bit, gun it to work on my bike at about 20 mph (about a 30 min ride), eat a second breakfast, and then I'm sometimes with clients for 6 hours straight. Am I hungry during all this? Somewhat, and sometimes I'll snag an apple from the fruit bowl to hold me over. The point: ignoring food cravings won't kill anyone, but I am lucky in that, situationally, there is not enough food within reach to satisfy me, and that I am not addicted to eating, nor do I often eat for reasons other than actual hunger.

There are 3 foods I will wolf down if they're in arm's reach. I'm talking 1000+ calories in a sitting. Chocolate, ice cream, and pizza. Easy fix for me: don't buy the first two at the store, so they aren't always present and inevitably eaten in one go. As for the 2nd: eat something else, but give in occasionally.

Not that I ever try to lose weight (I'm still young enough that my build won't permit me to put on more than a few pounds), but my weight does fluctuate a fair amount with the seasons. At the end of cycling season, I'll be 6'1" and about 158. This is down from the end of winter at 170; my bodyfat definitely drops several % points, from about 13% (confirmed by DEXA), into the single digits, but I also lose some lean mass from my upper body. I do continue lifting in the summer, but it's mostly corrective, and for strength and power maintenance.

I frequently see clients who make definite fitness gains, but who make less than stellar headway into their weight loss goals. The trouble is that people see exercise as the only part of their solution, even after counseling. Actively controlling diet is quite a lot of work for many people, since their habits have been ingrained since they were children; quite simply, it does not come naturally to most, and most are not motivated enough to make actual lifestyle changes beyond adding exercise to the mix. In they're mind, they're already doing a lot, when they're really not even really meeting minimum exercise recommendations on a regular basis. it takes an active mindset to accomplish anything in terms of calorie restriction, for most people, and most people are not willing to put forth the effort.