My biggest tip would be..........don't be afraid to experiment. If I followed the plan exactly this time, I would have failed just like all the other times I got depressed and quit after 2 weeks

I don't count anything and everything I eat (if I wanted to do that, I'd go back to a low fat low calorie diet), I don't drink water , I do drink lots of Diet Coke, I eat all the foods that make you stall like nuts, cheese, buffalo wings, etc., I combine eating plans, and I take days off.........and still lose over a lb a week

Now I'm not saying those people are wrong, just that I will be on this diet a LONG time, and I can't live that way. Those of us that need to lose over 100 lbs have to stay on this a long time, and have to learn to live with it. That's for each of us to decide........so don't be afraid to experiment