Paul McKenna, Britain’s weigh-loss guru, has a 5 week program on TLC titled I Can Make You Thin! I watched episode one he gave four Golden Rules:

When you are hungry – EAT. (Instead of starving all day and then gorging at night or skipping meals to conserve calories. I don’t do this anymore, but did for about 10 years, not to lose weight as much as save money.)
Eat foods you LIKE. (Naturally thin people eat hamburgers, chips and chocolate they just don’t binge on it. This includes cutting out low-fat sour cream and salad dressing.) 
Eat Consciously. (No watching television, surfing the net …read more