Yup. I was fat almost my entire life, but 3 years ago I started losing weight and never looked back. Of course I had tried "diets" in the past only to gain everything back because it wasn't sustainable.   Then 3 years ago I started counting calories and tracking all my food online and it's the easiest thing I could have done to not only lose all the weight I needed to  become slim, but also maintain it. I can never go back to being fat, now that I know just how simple keeping the weight off is. I've completely changed as a person.   I only wish I had figured this out early on.   If I had just "accepted" that I was meant to be fat, then I would be absolutely miserable now and for the rest of my life.