eat popcorn and drink diet coke. isnt there a diet cherry coke as well? not sure.

its not exactly eating the less amount of food, but less amount of calories....

this is just an example, i dont know how healthy it would be to live like this. but you could have 1 cup of garlic butter noodles and thats 900 calories, compared to 2.5 cups of cantaloupe which is 150 calories.

you can have 10 cups of cantaloupe compared to 1 cup of spaghetti.

GOOD LUCK THOUGH! im on day 20 of eating better and healthier, lost like 7Lbs already though...and thats with cheating here and there, i just dont cheat a big portion. if i do, i work it off then.

I think they did a study on diet drinks and found people gained weight on them. Its better to drink water or club soda. Also diet drinks have bad implications for your overall health.
I agree with sheaventure to eat more of the healthy foods that are nutrient dense such as fruits, veggies, nuts whole wheat bread and pasta and rice in small portions. Sweet potato fills you up and keeps your blood sugar steady so you don't get hungry. Protein like peanut butter, fish, chicken will help also.
No white stuff like bread, pasta, rice, cake etc.
bananas are a great snack with a little peanut butter.

Thanks for the thoughts. Pop for me in any form is a great vice. Not too crazy about diet pop but also tried to go that route. It works for a while but then I'm back on the sugary stuff. It's like giving cocaine to a person in rehab! Just got back from the store with popcorn and peanuts. Hopefully that will get me through. I think like with the pop, if I don't think about eating so much I'll be okay. Really only want to lose about 15 pounds. Wouldn't think it would be so hard. Waiting for the weather to get nicer to get outside more. Hard to do when spring refuses to come.

Great effort on dropping the pop! You did not go into detail on how many calories you are getting each day. If you intake to few might be the reason you are not losing. Our bodies are great at adjusting to our diet and exercise. Too few calories and the body will start to hold onto fat stores as not to starve. If you do the same exercise every day your body's muscles get used to that and again the weight loss slows.

I think it's a great idea to write down what you eat and analyze it. A site like fitday or sparkpeople can help. I learned a lot from doing that. If I get hungry, I eat raw vegetables and maybe a little hummus or cottage cheese. I found that eating whole grains (brown rice, whole wheat bread and pasta, oatmeal, and any fiber rich food) helped me feel fuller longer. Good job on losing the pop habit - I'm one of those people who believes that soda in any form is basically poison, so I think it's great that you dumped the stuff. I drink a lot of hot decaf tea including strongly flavored herb tea.