Hahahaha...this cracks me up.  Wanna know why?  Because it's soooooo true!  I read it in my Women's Health Newsletter and I think it hit the nail on the head. 

OK, let me clarify "skinny".  My idea of a skinny chic is a fit, lean and in shape women.  If you're eating healthy and working out you can be skinny as well as strong and beautiful!

Here is the scenerio Women's Health Magazine describes...

"You wake up after a late night spent with a pint of Rocky Road ice cream or a jar of marshmallow cream. To avoid any more calories, you replace breakfast with a tanker load of coffee. Lunch gets back on track with a big healthy salad ... but somehow, you're not satisfied. Then the cravings kick in. Chocolate chip cookies ... sugary candy bars ... frothy iced caramel mochachinos ... you can't resist. And worst of all, you find that once you start, you just can't stop. And you wake up back where you started."

Sound familiar?  It's a vicious cycle.  The description above is essentially your metabolism going on an out of control roller coaster ride.  GET OFF!  We don't believe you shouldn't eat salads. They are great for you if you pack them full of good stuff (minus the heavy salad dressings).  You just shouldn't think eating an itty bitty salad with a few veggies is a meal replacement that will take care of that ice-cream you ate the night before.  You don't want to cut your calories...you want to get back on track with eating a balanced meal.

Even if you don't eat the junk and you have that tanker coffee in the morning, you're not getting any good calories to get your metabolism on track for the day.  Follow that with a salad for lunch and your body thinks it's going into starvation mode, so it's going to cling to any calories you do take in...it wants to store fat for survival! 

Bottom line, if you're eating five small yet balanced meals a day your body most likely won't crave a whole pint of ice-cream.  Add those balanced meals with regular exercise and you can be that skinny, but healthy, chic!