I wonder if having 4 meals a day with one of them being just high protein (seasoned chicken breast, bacon, etc.) and then making sure the calories are in check.

I used to have the opposite problem as the other repliers. 3 meals a day didn't seem to tide me over, especially at night. I like to stay up late so when I try to go to sleep, my stomach just growls. Maybe I just have to re-train my tummy!

Another problem is that the main message in the media was "you can't make your body feel like it's starving, so you must have smaller meals more frequently, blah blah blah."

And then it gets even worse for me... don't eat before you go to bed. But then I'm thinking, well isn't it good enough if you watch your carbs, calories and not eat processed foods or trans fats?

You guys are all such pros at this and even though I've known about low-carb (and liked the idea) since I was 16, I've still got a lot of details to learn.