I've been a Size 2 since I was fourteen years old and there is definitely a secret to it. It's all mind over matter and don't let anyone convince you otherwise. You don't have to eat only lettuce to be thin. I rarely eat just salads and I'm always eating something I like.

First, I make sure to encorporate lots of vegetables into everything I'm eating. It's fine to eat macaroni and cheese once in a while, just make sure to top a small portion with lots of yummy tomatoes, cooked spinach or kale, or whatever else you'd enjoy eating with mac and cheese. Same goes with pizza. A pizza isn't so bad for you if you go lighter on the cheese and much heavier on the rainbow peppers, broccoli and spinach. I make sure if I am eating something I know is bad for me, I make sure I'm always eating more veggies than anything else.

In addition, I try to stay on top of my cravings. If I have a craving for something, I try to figure out what it is about the food that is making me crave it. I used to crave Eggs Benedict all the time, which is very high in fat and not very good to eat on a regular basis. I realized what I liked about the dish is the lemon flavor in combination with the eggs. Now, I drizzle a little lemon juice on top of a sunny-side up egg and place it and some cooked spinach on top of an english muffin or a flour tortilla with a side of fruit. My brain thinks it is getting something it craves, my taste buds think it is getting something it loves, and I feel full at the end, so I end up satisfied and crave-free.

If there is absolutely no substitute for something I love, like fried chicken, for example... (and if anyone can think of a substitute for it, please let me know!) I will do an association exercise that takes care of the craving immediately. I will imagine stuffing my face so full of fried chicken that I can't breathe. Fried chicken is being forced up my nose, in the back of my throat, in my eyes and my ears. I'm swimming in a room full of fried chicken and it's so greasy and disgusting, it's getting all over my clothes and in my nostrils and under my fingernails. Next, I imagine roaches flying and crawling all over the fried chicken and hairs growing out of it, like the chicken is still alive. I will imagine the piece of fried chicken growing hundreds of beaks. This works so well for me that I won't crave the food for weeks after a very short visualization.

And most of all, keep moving. Take walks through the neighborhood and take the long way. Go exploring. Have more sex. Go out and meet people with a friendly game of touch football in the park. Go to the beach and run around. Exercising is fun and it should be fun. Even the gym can be the chance to catch up on all the latest cable shows you felt too guilty to sit and watch on the couch.

If you follow these things, I guarantee you will lose weight. My boyfriend lost 20 pounds in the last 2 weeks by following this method and he couldn't be happier.