Come live my life, the stress will have the pounds falling off !!!!!
Seriously though, be wary of low fat foods, such as yoghourts, they often have nearly the same calories as ordinary yoghourt because of sugar etc.
Swap ordinary soda for diet.
Coffee drinkers watch how many you have, even with 2% milk. I am a terrible caffeine addict and was amazed when I measured my milk intake in coffee. It added up to one big gulp of calories.
Portion sizes are deceiving as well. I measured a cup of cereal and it is about half what I would normally give my kids !!!
Chewing gum always helps me. I have been tempted to pick since I have been going into the store each day.I am surrounded by food. If I chew gum, I can't stand the taste of food afterwards so that works for me.