[bryony]

Nothing works for me except restricting carbs, mainly because hunger is not involved. A less drastic form of this is the Paleo diet, which restricts sugar and cereal grains in particular (wheat, oats, rice etc), but allows some root vegetables and honey (as these were available to our caveman ancestors.)

Google "low Carb" and "Paleo diet" to find out more.

B.

I agree to a large degree. My Achilles' heel is the insulin response. When I'm serious about my training or weight loss, I have to avoid sugar like the plague. Just a little can greatly magnify the cravings and hunger pangs and make it much harder to follow the program.

You shouldn't experience hunger with the Paleo diet. I think hunger is the reason why most diets fail.

B.