i have tried that curbing your appetite approach too...worked well for me in the past, this year i kinda slipped up lol...but i feel you can learn some good tips and techniques from those fitness shows...i am also obsessed with them, regardles if they are good or not lol...im looking forward to watching diettribe on liftetime...should be entertaining with jessie pavelka leading the way: ...that one on discovery channel also looks very entertaining, i think its called national body challenge