Oh that isn't half as bad as I thought, you can eat other stuff and the soup isn't just cabbage.
I agree it is very sad the body image that Hollywood portrays of how women should be thin to be beautiful and popular. I am quite happy to be a bit bigger now because when I was younger I was always too thin, got called anorexic at school. I used to eat heaps and never got over 48kg and I am 5' 8" tall lol. It wasnt till my second child that I got to a nice size. It also wasnt till my first child that I got decent boobs too! And luckily didnt lose them again
Now I could do with losing maybe 10 kg max but it wouldnt be hard with a decent exercise plan. I am a firm believer in everything in moderation as far diet goes plus I have never seen the point of making yourself miserable just to fit a size 8 dress.
Another problem with diets is when you have a family you either would have to cook two meals or make them suffer through your food! Punaniman was quite fat a year or so ago and we did change our diet but it was still healthy for the kids (healthier). We just changed to more fresh food and less fatty. He also took/takes special foods for lunch because he does a lot of weights training. Tuna, tuna, tuna lol. He lost over 30kg but I worked out he does 13hours of exercise a week! So I reckon its more that than food thats done it.