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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I lost about 40 lb and have kept it off for 6 years. I had a baby during this time and still managed to healthily gain and lose weight during and after pregnancy. I didn't join anything or buy anything, but I did read a few books and think really hard about what "eating" is. Here is what I recommend:

Remove most snacks from your home. If you're like me, you can't have just a "few" chips. They need to be gone. If you need to snack between meals, you are not eating enough fat or protein.

Write down what you eat. Every single thing--every snack, every glass of whatever. Do this for a typical week.

If you don't know if you have any sort of hormonal condition (many women do), you could ask your doctor to do a full work-up. I have PCOS and that impacts how I eat.

Finally, get a good book about food and eating, not necessarily a diet book-- just one that will help you learn about nutrition. "The Omnivore's Dilemma" really changed how I think about the food in our culture and my own relationship with food. A lot of the "food" we eat is not food at all. It's designed to make us addicted to sugar and sodium, and we get hungry between meals and need to eat more because it is not fulfilling.

I've gotten to the point where I do not need to diet or calorie count. I am vegetarian, and I don't snack. I do enjoy good meals and good wine. I've been baking a lot over the winter break and I will happily eat what I've made. But I've gotten to this place because I've fundamentally changed how I relate to food and what I eat. [/quote]

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