weight loss diet

I changed my diet, because I decided I wasn't going to be 193 pounds anymore (at 5'7").

I normally consumed between (estimated) 2,500 - 3,500 calories a day. Fast food almost every day, lots of snacks/deserts, etc...

For the past 3 months, my diet has been 1,000 - 1,500 calories a day. Usually a Lean Cuisine meal for lunch, maybe a 100 calorie snack pack, fruits or vegetables, then about 400/500 calories from a healthy fast food dinner (or homemade).

By "healthy fast food" I mean ordering:

TACO BELL
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1 Ranchero Chicken Taco (Fresco Style) Cal: 170, Fat: 4g
1 Beef Crunchy Taco (Fresco Style) Cal: 150, Fat: 7g
1 Grilled Steak Soft Taco (Fresco Style) Cal: 170, Fat: 5g
TOTAL: 490 calories, 16 grams of fat

This fills you up like nobody's business. Plus, it's still less calories and fat than a single Big Mac (560 cal, 30 fat), and you get a lot of protein. Fresco Style means they replace the cheese/sour cream/sauce with "fresco salsa," which is tomatoes, onions, and cilantro. Very refreshing, especially when they put on a lot.

WENDY'S:
Side Salad with Fat-Free French Dressing Cal: 110, Fat: 0g
Small Chili Cal: 220, Fat: 6g
TOTAL: 330 calories, 6 grams of fat

And I don't even use all the dressing on the salad, so it's less than that.

By making use of the nutritional calculators on these fast food websites, you can actually make yourself a healthy meal (however, most of their items will be restricted from your diet). I still can't eat anything from McDonald's or Burger King (and truth be told, I haven't had a hamburger in about 2 months), but this Taco Bell option is damn good, so I'm happy with that.

Good luck with your lifestyle change, it's worked for me and I've lost 45 pounds so far.

EDIT: As for not getting hungry...

At the beginning of the change, I was still hungry, and it takes willpower to overcome that. The urge to eat was a habit for me (I was bored, I would pick up a donut, etc...). After about a few days or the first week, I no longer had a real hunger drive. Right now I could probably go a full day without eating, and I wouldn't even notice it. Your stomach shrinks and you become accustomed to healthy food. Now you don't have so much sugar and salt coming into your system, and you aren't craving your next fix.

A lot of this is psychological, too. What I did at the beginning of my diet change was look at all of the fast food nutritional calculators. This will scare the shit out of you. To see how much empty calories and fats you normally consume from a standard burger, fries, and coke is incredible. It got me off normal fast food for a long, long time.

BTW, I also take a few vitamin supplements:
1 One-A-Day for Men
1 Vitamin C
2 Super Omega-3
1 Vitamin E

This is just so that I'm guaranteed to get some necessary nutrition daily.

And I really recommend buying some of the 100 calorie snack packs to replace a normal snack. If you pace yourself, a single bag lasts you as long as any other snack (since you get like 15-20 pieces in each bag, depending on what type it is). Sometimes I take 2 bags to the movies instead of other snacks.

Jam it back in, in the dark.