"Eating less" as a strategy for losing weight is like "make a lot of money" is a strategy for becoming rich.

It certainly works, it is just an unhelpful strategy.

Nah, the better analogy is "don't spend more than you make".

	▲	kube-system an hour ago \| parent [-]
		No, now you're comparing two variables. That would be plainly analogous to "don't eat more than you burn"