Bro, if anything, I have to eat too damn much to get in the kind of shape I want to be in. Want a fun dinner date? Take me. I'll pound that shit down with the best of them and then ask for 3rds. No need to feel self conscious, I'll out-eat you in every conceivable way. The article mentioned chocolate and beer? Fuck yes, let's do this.  The difference being that I'm tracking my cals, and my protein, and I'm actually active instead of sitting around letting those cals turn into fat. You're exactly right, it is not fucking hard in the least, you don't even have to eat less volume a lot of the time, just eat the right foods and it takes care of itself.