thanks for posting this. i think we are similar in some ways but i can gain pretty easy (both fat and muscle). i have always been a husky kid, never obese, but always overweight/chunky monkey. it is very hard for me to cut as my body wants to stay fat! over the past 10 years, the weight has dropped slowly but after finding this website, it started dropping faster! i have been doing the fasting diet since the new year, and like it but i have not been as strict/disciplined as others on this site are which shows the slow progress. i do remember some threads way back last year that discussed this topic and i am glad you brought it up again.