I just posted these tips that are my favorite for maintaining or losing weight on a fitness message board under a best tips thread.  I thought I'd share.

- Get dressed in front of a full length mirror. I've done this forever and have done it through my pregnancies. (now I'm just trying to tone back up after baby #2)

- Weigh yourself EVERYday - Must be a digital scale. It may get discouraging if it doesn't move downward quick enough, but you just want to be sure it doesn't go up. (your weight may fluctuate a little day to day) Weigh yourself first thing in the morning!!

- Eat 12 almonds everyday at 3:00. When I did South Beach before, I called them my diet pills!!

- www.Prevention.com has Fitday for free under My Health Trackers. It's just like journaling, but it tells you your calories. It was very shocking the first couple of days I did it.

- Drink 8 glasses of water a day and NO soda or pop. (You never want to drink your calories as Jillian Michaels says.) A great tip I read about years ago was to put 8 rubber bands around your glass. After each glass, remove a rubber band. I always thought I was getting enough water until I did this. By around 8 at night I was finding I still had 3 glasses to go!!

- Another great piece of advice I read...Eat like a King for breakfast, a Queen for lunch and a Pauper for dinner. Think back in the past when society was thin as a whole, people would eat pancakes, bacon, eggs, toast, etc. for breakfast. Fuel to get you through the day.