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Perhaps logging everything you eat is meaningful. Seem like just a big exercise is shame if you ask me. You probably already know you eat to much, so whats the ****** point?

Tobra's advice is good.

I've lost 15 pounds in the past year.

1) Prepare your own food. Be involved with what you are eating. It doesn't have to be a big deal. More work? Sure. But you also will end up eating much better (and I would argue tastier) food.

2) IGNORE advice that tells you not to snack. This is the one of the worst pieces of dietary advice ever invented. Avoiding snacks causes you blood sugar to crash after a while. You go into your next meal with you body starving for calories, and you eat way more. You gorge yourself.

Does that mean you can snack on crap? No, of course not. Eat dry roasted peanuts, or corn chips with some salsa. Your blood sugar won't crash, and the salt will make you drink more water.

3) If your health permits it, add some caffeine to you diet. Don't do anything that effects your sleep. But there is no question that caffeine reduces appetite. Green/Black tea, coffee.

4) Cut down on alcohol, eliminate non diet softdrinks. Sports drinks have calories as well. A small bottle of Gator Aid has 130 calories. Just because you happen to be exercising when you drink the stuff does no mean the calories don't add up!

I hope it helps.