1) Plan out all your meals, so that you eat intentionally. When I cook, I will make enough for the whole week, then box it up so I can re-heat it easy. If you know you are going to be busy, then make sure that if you do stop to eat, that you PLAN to eat a salad.
2) Get rid of all snack foods - including soda. Soooooooo many of our calories are liquid. We are a society that loves our syrup.
3) Use an app to track your eating. I use the "Lose it!" app.
4) Stay focused on your goals and remember that a hungry stomach is a happy stomach!
If you can, just stick to meats and vegetables as much as possible. So much of our diet has been designed to be carb based. If you can stay away from the bread and pasta and rice and chips and sweets, that will get you half way by itself.
I try to replace traditional carbs with quinoa, beans, or lentils. Hummus and bell peppers is a good snack as far as that goes.
It's also fairly inexpensive. You can make a whole pot of quinoa for about $.50. Add some stir-fry to that and you've got lunch for at least a week.
