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Eating a little bit every 3 hours or so keeps your metabolism going stronger. Drinking lots of water helps too, espeically ice cold water. Your body generates heat processing the liquid, plus extra heat to counteract the water temperature. I regularly drink 64oz or more of water in a day.

My wife and I started NutriSystem seven months ago, and each of us has lost about 60 pounds. I'm stll 20 pounds above what I was when we got married in 1994, but was uber skinny then thanks to an out of control metabolism. I didn't adjust my eating down when my metabolism turned into a normal one in 1997, but the goal is within sight. Only 10 pounds to go.

NutriSystem is built around eating regularly (breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, dessert) and drinking lots of water, as well as not denying yourself fat and protein. Smaller portions, but regular eating. That kind of eating does work, even when you're not following a strictly proscribed diet.

60 pounds in 7 months is around 2 pounds a week. That's not unusual or overly quick. We also only eat NutriSystem meals Mon-Fri. Weekend menu is up to us. I stopped eating the NutriSystem food a month ago, and have lost the most recent bit of weight by just not overeating or not eating much "bad" stuff while continuing to make sure I eat at least something around every meal/snack time.

There aren't bags of chips and cookies around the house anymore, we eat fried food a lot less, etc. When we go out, we usually have a good chicken salad, fajitas, baked/grilled meat... things that aren't swimming in fat or calories. Every now and then we both splurge on something "bad" for us, like chocolate chip cookies or gelato or chicken fried steak. Eating this way for over half a year has become a habit now, so not much chance of it changing unless we really want to be bad again. Plus we weigh ourselves every Sunday to validate progress on the diet. We're going to keep doing that even when we're done losing the weight, to make sure there's no backsliding. It's a lot easier to deal with gaining a couple pounds than a dozen or more.

With regular exercise I'll have to increase my calorie intake. But as long as the "wrong" foods are at a minimum, no worries.

When I say snack, I mean something like fruit and cheese. Or a low-fat, high-protein energy bar. Or a piece of beef jerky and a few nuts. That kind of thing. Not gum. I haven't chewed a piece of gum since Reagan was president