8 Strategies to Stay Slim Forever: How to Maintain Weight in a World Hell-Bent on Making Us Fat

When I first moved to Los Angeles from Iran at 13, I was a scrawny little punk. This changed soon after I discovered Big Macs, Double Cheese Whoppers, one-pound bags of peanut M&Ms, Pringles potato chips, and boxes of Twinkies, scarfing them down in front of Knight Rider reruns. Soon, I was chubby — for the first time in my life. And, fortunately, for the last.