[AnIdiotOnTheNet]

> I realized I didn't have a hormonal or even psychiatric issue: I was an addict.

This I'd agree with. I'm addicted to food, but unfortunately there's no realistic way to quit food.

> And I realized it's really hard to become fat on rice, chicken and vegetables.

You are incorrect, in my experience.

[_emacsomancer_]

Yeah, rice has an awful lot of calories (that's why it's a staple food so many places).

[solveit]

Depends how good you are at cooking rice. As an East Asian, westerners generally suck at turning raw rice into something nice.