I lost 40 lbs by eating a fixed menu for about six months. It was boring, boring boring....

Breakfast: 1/2 bagel, toasted and spread with light whipped cream cheese, 6 oz glass of OJ

Snack: 2 oz box of raisins

Lunch: Lean Quisine entree, diet Coke

Snack: String cheese or fat free Fudgecicle

Dinner: 4-6 oz chicken or fish lightly seasoned (never fried or with cream-based sauces), steamed vegetables

Sundays I'd "treat" myself to a nice breakfast - 2 eggs, scrambled, a sausage patty or 3 small links, a toaster hash-brown.

I tried to drink at least 2 quarts of water a day and limited myself to no more than 2 coffees or sodas.

Like I said, this was boring as sin and I couldn't stay on the diet any longer than I did. I also had a good deal of weight loss eating regularly but doing really heavy workouts (I was training to box!), but what I could do at 22 don't feel I could repeat at 31.