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[quote=Anonymous]I think I'm "thin" - 5'8" and 135 lbs, size 4.  I did actually used to be heavier in college, but have slimmed down without effort with the following guidelines.  I eat anything I want to eat as long as it's "real" - no processed anything.  This means I eat real dark chocolate instead of crap candy bars.  Full-fat yogurt instead of crap fat free chemical "yogurt".  Etc.

1.  The number 1 most important thing I do is STOP eating as soon as I feel that twinge that says "all done".  As soon as you feel that you might be all done, STOP.  It may be delicious, you may have paid for it and you want to eat it all, whatever - stop eating, wrap it up for later.  I always remember - and I realize I am lucky - you are not going to be scrounging for your next meal.  If you don't eat it all now, you can eat it later or even eat something else later.  This is not the last time you are going to be eating a sandwich.  There will be more sandwiches!  And with wanting to finish food that you paid for and not waste it - I think about paying $7 or whatever not for the entirety of that sandwich, but to be full.  So I paid $7 and when I'm full, I got my money's worth, even if there's sandwich left over.

2.  Eat frequently - I eat small meals every 2 hours.  I literally eat every 2 hours.  Eat when you're hungry, don't eat when you're not hungry.

3.  Eat big in the morning and taper down toward the evening.

4.  I'm vegetarian and I've heard lots of people say they dropped weight after making this chance.  I think it might be because there's not a ton of choice and so I eat less - like at Thanksgiving last night, I skipped the sausage stuffing, turkey, and bacon-topped saurkraut.

5.  Don't eat anything processed or with fake anything.  I never ever ever ever eat fake sugar or anything reduced fat or anything with more than a handful of ingredients.  This means no "lite" yogurt (which is actually disgusting to try when you've been eating regular yogurt for as long as I have), no diet coke (actually no sodas ever).  Full-fat plain yogurt is delicious and good for you and you only have to eat a half-cup or so before you're full because it's so delicious.

6.  Sip water constantly throughout the day.  Also, I don't drink anything other than water, tea, coffee, and ocassionally orange juice.  Oh, and beer or wine, of which I have a glass nightly.

7.  In keeping with the no processed foods thing - only eat whole wheat carbs.  No white bread, no white pasta or rice.

8.  If you want to eat something, before you eat it, think about if you're really hungry or just bored/tired/anxious.  The way I do this is I think "ok, I want to eat these pretzels - if I were really hungry, I could eat these dinner leftovers (substitute whatever healthy substantial meal you have).  Nope, don't feel like dinner leftovers, just crunchy salty pretzels.  Ok, obviously I'm not really hungry."  Then go find something to do/sleep/call up a friend to solve the real issue.

9.  Even with all these guidelines, I still love rice krispies treats and can eat an entire batch on ocassion and I do anyway because I love them.  Point being, you don't have to stick to "rules" all the time.  [/quote]

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