It's Not That Hard Hey everyone, I've been a lurker here for quite a while and this is my first submission. Today I'd like to talk about something that's been on my mind for quite a while.  I don't understand how fat people say that it's hard to lose weight. Personally, I never count calories, I don't go to the gym as regularly as I should, and I still enjoy some junk food like chips, fries, and desserts most days. And I have a 19 BMI with about 19% body fat. I'm currently working to get both of those down, but I honestly didn't have to work at all to get a BMI under 20. And I don't have a high metabolism either; I'm barely 5'0" and fluctuate between 95-98 pounds, so my BMR never goes over 1300.  I also don't understand how fat people say it's more expensive to eat healthily. Eating out is seriously expensive! It's much cheaper to buy ingredients for meals in bulk and cook them yourself than buy prepared food. I have a few favorite prepared junk food items, and they're around $4-11 dollars each. I could buy a full bag of yellow potatoes for $3 and it would provide meals for me for a month. A baked potato with veggies is a great small and inexpensive meal, vs one box of flash-frozen gobbley-gock that's a thousand calories without any fiber, iron, or nutrients but full of salt, sugar, and saturated fat.  I don't know guys... maybe I just have good genetics. :) Edit: I had to fix the formatting.