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[quote=Anonymous]Besides the super-important one (don't bring junky food into the house, or if you do, hide it) the following worked for me:

I had a shelf on the fridge that was reserved for me.  When I opened the fridge, I only looked at my shelf.

The hardest part about this was training the kids to not eat off my shelf (but they got it)

The other thing is to have healthy snack foods ready to go.  The reason people reach for chips/crackers etc is that they are ready to eat.  So, pre-wash those pears, or pre-make the celery and peanut butter; put a small plate of cheese and almonds and olives on his shelf.

Also, to the extent he cuts out added sugar, and grains (cereals, breads, pasta) he will drop a lot.

Diet drinks backfire (there is research to support this) and so does artificial sweeteners.

Finally, this may be too advanced, but intermittent fasting (IF) is both a healthy cancer preventative, and will take weight off quickly.  Just not eating from wake-up to noon is a great start (because you are fasting from say, 8pm the night before until noon the next day).

Good luck to you and your DH, OP![/quote]

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