What great ideas from Barbie!! I will be soing some of these things for sure. I picked up an issue of Cooking Light and found LOTS of great recipes and most were very easy.  For a quick snack try a Fiber One bar--they are reasonable in terms of calories and you can have a little chocolate or caramel. Best thing of all--9 grams of fiber!

Try making stuff with low fat substitutions. For example, when making lasagna use fat free cottage cheese instead of ricotta cheese. Use reduced fat mozzarella cheese, and use less of that and more fat free cottage cheese. Also, use 90/10 ground beef or substitute ground turkey for the beef. Or try spinach and tofu instead of beef. Also, try reduced sodium tomato sauce. Use fewer noodles and try substituting whole wheat noodles. Skip the garlic bread, or simply put garlic on a piece of toast. Sarah Lee has a great bread – Sarah Lee Delightful Whole Wheat with Honey. It only has 45 calories per slice, plus all the great nutrition of whole grain. Pop it in the toaster, throw some garlic on it, and skip the butter!! Hope this helps. On another note, when I bake I substitute unsweetened applesauce for butter or margarine. If the recipe calls for 2 sticks butter simply use 1 cup applesauce instead. I do this for cookies, brownies, cakes, and breads. It still tastes great!! But remember, don't eat the whole thing, just because it's better for you!! I think portion control is really the key to weight loss. Hope this helps!!