I lost twenty pounds in the last two months in triathlon training. I attribute half the loss to exercise and half to nutrition. I completely lost the taste for chocolate, most sweets, beer, most beef, most high-fat foods, all fried foods, all fast foods, in general I have no desire for the main staples of the American diet. I wanted to lose some weight to make the run easier. I didn't have a specific goal, but I thought twenty pounds was probably a good ultimate target. I sure didn't expect it to come off so easily. So what's the trick? The only way I can explain it is that I've shifted my perspective on food to make it a means to an end. If I start to eat something I think about how it will help get me closer to my fitness goals. And generally if it won't help me I don't have a problem not eating it, I even want to not eat it. It's all part of the plan of setting an aggressive fitness goal and then doing what it takes to get there. I doubt this will work for ever, and I don't know if it would work for anyone else at all, but I'm throwing it out here in case someone else should come across it and find it useful.