Harmony: I think the avoidance of fat in our diets is part of the problem with general weight gain. I noted that on days I'm trying to eat more protein for breakfast my fat is way up. And my breakfast looks a lot my dad's was - 1/2 grapefruit, egg, bacon, toast, cup of coffee. The other day it was 2 hard boiled eggs, 2 pieces of whole grain, WW raisin toast (small slices), two pieces of bacon, 1/2 grapefruit and a glass of milk along with my tea and chocolate. That carried me through in the mid afternoon (that was the day I ended up skipping lunch and just having a protein bar in the afternoon but then went a bit overboard on dinner.)
The book I'm reading (written by a cartoonist so this isn't scientific) maintains you don't need willpower if you are only eating healthy things. So train yourself to choose the healthy by not putting limits on quantity. To make things more tasty, he adds salt and butter (along with other seasonings) and is satisfied by the fat in his meals. He also eats nuts daily and cheese. In other words, all those things that 'everyone knows' you shouldn't have.
The only thing I disagree with is reliance on coffee. He considers 3 - 4 cups a day a necessity in order to have energy to be successful (which is the focus of the book.) I'm wondering if he's ADD and using the stimulant in the coffee to settle his mind (much as Ritalin will make a non-ADD person go nuts with energy but settles an ADD person.)
Not that using other tricks to keep on task works for me. Maybe I should start drinking coffee! (Never had and have decided to avoid it now that I'm older.)