I think marrying an image-obsessed man who will leave you if you gain weight (or lose relevancy in the media) is a crazy-effective way to stay thin, too.

It's funny that the concepts that appear in "The Secret" (that wacky book about 'thinking yourself thin') are obviously based on eastern, specifically Buddhist, meditations. The whole concept of meditation from my studies (a practicing Buddhist) are to accept yourself for who you are at that moment in time, that you are "as the universe has created you" and thus perfect. Hmmm....