I eat less than 1000 calories a day to lose the weight that I gained last year, it's not hard once you get used to it. I do 3 days of intense diet and exercise, followed by a day of no exercise and a couple of cheat meals to speed up the metabolism and make the diet easier.
If you want your body to look a certain way, you have to work for it. You are not stuck, as you have a choice.