Or so says Lee Thomas, a network admin: “Wife and I are both 57, and over years have tried many things to lose weight, with what success we had always being temporary. I kind of fell into something last year, though, that seems to be working. And don't call it a diet, cause I don't think that's what we are doing. Went to dentist for checkup and got reamed by the hygenist for not taking better care of my teeth. Since I have poor memory skills, I decided to form a new habit, that of brushing immediately after every meal. Which led to not eating between meals or after supper. Know what? I started losing weight. I decided to add to that by controlling portion sizes (cutting back, just a little) and trying to walk 3 or 4 days a week on my lunch hour, for 20 minutes. Both wife and I have lost 35 pounds doing this. We still eat Pizza when we want it, have a beer, I eat biscuits and gravy for an occasiional meal (I AM from Alabama), etc. Point is, we aren't counting carbs or calories, we eat anything we want, just a little less, and I have a desert or a drink only once or twice a week. So, don't call it a diet, per se, but as a relatively painless weightloss program, it is working great, at least for us. Again, YMMV.”