But, are you more likely to answer you hunger cues by eating a salad or veggies, or eating crap? I bet it's the latter. If you can change this to genuinely prefer healthy food, even if you eat a lot of it, you shouldn't be fat. I am at healthy weight, but I can easily eat 2 pounds of veggies in one sitting (that's in addition to meat, and I am a woman). On the other hand, I can also eat 2000kcal of pizza in one sitting, and this is why I avoid eating pizza or cookies. I know in advance that if I start, I'm going to eat entirely too much. So I am what article declares as "consciousness of what I eat".