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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6686180" data-attributes="member: 19675">One of the best "diets" I ever went on was fairly simple: I only allowed myself to eat 3 meals and one snack (not more than half the size of a meal) every day...and everything that passed my lips (except water or unsweetened tea) had to be counted as one.And I let all of my friends know the rules as well, with instructions to tell me if they tight I wasn't playing by my own rules.No food types or amounts were restricted.As part of my overall health plan at the time, which included all kinds of group sporting activities and other exercise, I lost 50lbs in a few months, and kept almost all of it off for @6 years.The trick is that it kept me from eating "unconsciously."  That is, I was never mindlessly munching on snacks, guzzling high-calorie beverages, or what not.  By simply being aware of the fact that I was eating, I made better choices about when, what and how much to eat.  Since no favorite food in particular was forbidden, there was no strong impulse to cheat or binge.</blockquote>