'm always sure to get enough protein and I try to not have much
pasta/potantoes/snacks/sugar (100% whole wheat is ok), eat my
veggies sometimes. Not a health nut but I'm "aware" of what I'm
eating. *I don't worry about artificial things - I got no
problem with artificial stuff. *Everything's all natural in the
end, really, and everything's also been processed. :P I've
mostly maintained my body weight since college, with many ups
and downs, including a couple of years where I could use my
stomach as a shelf. When you can rest your arm on your stomach
like a pregnant woman does... and you're not pregnant.. it might
be time to cut*something*out of the diet :P I could find a pic
of me somewhere that's not so different from your friend. *I
should post it, just to accept the fat guy hiding within - the
one that drank lots of beer and used 10 sugars in his coffee and
ate non-stop Cheese its or Doritos or whatever... drank full
sugar soda... , just waiting to burst out onto the scene again
:)