OTG - I totally agree on eating snacks. That is huge for me. I have a small morning snack with the kids and a snack after school. That way, I am not starving at meal time so I am more likely to make something appropriate, and eat less of it. Also, planning ahead, figuring out one or two standard breakfast/lunch meals and having the same thing every day, and then trying to eat lighter at dinner. When I am dying for sweets, I'll drink coffee or tea with sugar or have a small piece of dark chocolate.

I've tried SB and the Zone (low carb) diets. I find it's easiest to stick to calorie counting and eating healthy foods that I like and that I'm used to. Works better for me than trying to change so many things at once.