Julio said it best really... drinks LOTS of water... I use to work with nurses at Aetna Insurance in their Wellness department (health coaching) and they said that you should be drinking about 2 Liters thru out the day. I did this and just portion control (counting calories) and lost about 25 lbs in 6 weeks. Thats without doing exercise or strict dieting. But plenty of water is the way to go.

Also, eat a protein rich breakfast. You need to get breakfast in almost right when you get up. Reason being is that when you're asleep, your body is still working (obviously) but since you're not eating that its almost like a drought for your body. Eating something right when you wake up will jump start your metabolism. I'll then have a protein shake at about 10am, lunch at 12, another shake at 3 then dinner at about 6:30 or 7. For breakfast, I usually just have like 4-5 eggs (eggbeaters or similar, the yolk is what has the carbs and fats so take that out... just keep egg whites) and a bowl of oatmeal. Cinnamon is also good for your heart and blood stream, so if you eat oatmeal or drink coffee, put a little in.

Hope that helps some.