Do you recall when I wrote about the No S Diet last year? My entry about it is here.

Anyway, I bring it up because I think that diet, or some form of that diet, would fit very well with what you're saying here. I think you'd be a little more strict on -what- you're eating (No S is more focused on how much and when you eat), but actually the nice thing about it is that it can work with pretty much any other diet plan. And because you eat only one plate of food each meal, it actually forces you to think more about what you're eating as a side effect, and you're likely to eat better.

I really should get back into it. Granted, I still don't snack or eat sweets very much, but I do need to get back to not eating seconds. I think it gives you a lot of the same in-control feelings that calorie counting does, except without the hassle of actually counting calories.