You don't even have to "eat less" (than your body needs) to stay thin. If people only ate the things their body needed, they wouldn't get fat. I don't like how normal-weight women talk about extreme diet/exercise to maintain a healthy weight. That's completely unnecessary if you actually listen to your body.  Also, "eating less" is kind of a funny concept, because a lot of fat people (smallfats) don't eat that much volume-wise, because all their food is so calorie-dense. That's probably why they're always "starving". Some of them could probably eat a similar amount of food for a lot less calories if they replaced all their cookies and ice cream with mushrooms or spinach. They make life so difficult for themselves.. Self control costs nothing, but I don't wanna know how much they pay for all those cigarettes and surgeries..