BodyButter... I always struggle with a massive appetite (ask Meyouldy, I had half his meal up in Liverpool and was still hungry!)
However I do find a few things help and certainly practicised what I've preached through the latest diet (not actually a diet, I've adjusted my eating patterns so it is a lifestyle thing, not something that has to be started and stopped)
In the morning I drink a full glass of cold water with a full lemon squeezed in. Then a full glass with some sour cherry juice (holland and barrett, or in my case as I have an account with them, Lamberts) + a fennel and nettle tea.
That gets me hydrated.
Then I have a protein shake + I take a couple of tablespoons of 'Good Oil' (available from Sainsbury, I'm sure others do it as well)
http://www.goodwebsite.co.uk/
I have plenty of snacks available but good snacks, so a few apples etc... + cold meat, beef/ham/chicken slices. If I want something sweet (ish) I have a pandor licorice stick (holland and barrett/Sainsbury)
Also have smoked kippers (boneless) to snack on for the good oil benefits... or are they mackerel, I forget now!
Also yeo valley or sainsbury organic probiotic yoghurt
With the apple or yoghurt, I add ginger + also heap on some cinnamon. The ginger is good for muscle aches + also fires up the metabolism apparently. The cinnamon helps the metabolism but is also said to smooth out the blood sugar spikes and help appetite. End of the day, they do no harm and are tasty so nothing to lose anyway.
I also put paprika and cayenne pepper on some of my meat snacks as they help fire things up... as do chilli's / chill powder
Just discovered flahavans quick porridge oats (nice easy and lazy way to have a snack of porridge... 44p per pot, just mix in a bit of milk and/or water)
Protein powders I find great to curb the appetite as well, I mix with soya milk as I tend to keep my dairy intake low.
I avoid white processed break/rice etc as that just makes me hungrier. Brown rice is a pain to get nice and fluffly but the Uncle Ben microwave brown rice is perfect.
As others say, plenty of fluid to keep hydrated - sometimes the body isn't actually hungry, it just wants fluid, have a drink, wait 30 mins, if still hungry, then eat.
Also concentrate on what you are eating, how much you are eating and if you really need any more / second helping etc. If we are distracted watching tv etc we eat twice as much without stopping and thinking.
Don't forget to attack the fat with the cardio steff recommended ie interval training, 30 seconds at full flow, 30 seconds at a lower level then back to full flow etc. Killer but it works. I also do a routine on my stationary bike now where I go from 1 up to gear 20, then down to 3, back up and down etc. I do 1 minute of each up and down, sometimes 30 seconds. Killer but again, it works.
+ also some stomach exercises to pull the muscles in.
Oh and chew slowly to give your mind time enough to realise it is full !
Another I've started doing is after a meal I chew some sugerless gum, then an hour or two later another. Only read this tip recently and it claims it helps curb the desire for snacking. Seems to be working actually.
Think I'll post this in the weight loss thread as well as the diet side is appropriate there.