I'm going to try being a rules girl (Suz's food rules that is)

My Rules are:

1. Eat Breakfast.
2. When you're hungry, eat. Are you hungry? leave it 10 minutes if still hungry eat.
3. Eat what you want.
4. Enjoy what you are eating, savor each bite, chew at least 20 times.
5. If you find its not an enjoyable experience stop eating.
6. Eat consciously.
7. When you're full, stop. Eat slowly to ensure that you stop at the right time.
8. Don't eat 4 hours before bed.

I bought the book, but obviously not read the instructions - till reading this intelligent article from http://www.roanoke.com/columnists/nair/wb/155882

"McKenna's first four "Golden Rules":

1. When you're hungry, eat.
2. Eat what you want.
3. Eat consciously.
4. When you're full, stop.

Well, those seem like fairly simple rules, but McKenna elaborates. By "eat what you want," he means don't deprive yourself. By "eat consciously," he means set down your utensils after every bite, chew slowly and don't watch TV or read while eating.

McKenna maintains that if you chew your food slowly and concentrate on the flavor for at least 20 chews, you will feel full sooner and eat less food."