I'm exactly in your position, hawthoerne, so I can't tell you "what works." All I can do is pass on to you things other people have suggested to me.

1. Exercise. Taking a "powerwalk" after dinner. ("Powerwalking" being walking fast enough to get some aerobic benefit from it.)

2. Counting time. Some people say that if you eat a decent meal (one plate, NOT all you want) and then wait twenty minutes the hunger will have gone away.

3. Eating lots and lots of fresh vegetables NOT INCLUDING starch or other carbohydrates and not much meat. (This is one I'm trying to do myself. I've collected low-cal "dipping sauce" recipes from around the web, then I steam some vegetables (others I eat raw) and dip them into the sauce I've made and eat them. This does work. I can eat half a head of lettuce for dinner if I put a bit of cocktail sauce on it (no fat whatsoever). And it satisfies me.

4. My doc says if you want to lose weight, stick to the following carbs: only sweet potatoes (not white potatoes), only brown rice (not white rice), only whole wheat bread (no white bread), and no pasta.

Well, that's about as far as I can go right now. But believe me, there are all kinds of low-fat or no-fat dipping sauce recipes on the web. And most of them are entirely delicious when eaten with broccoli or green beans or any other vegetable.

I'm not "going vegetarian," I'm just trying to lose weight and that's one of the ways of doing it. Take care!