Russ, I would heartily recommend the Paul McKenna book/CD entitled "I can make you slim". Since he's a head guy, he really gets to the deep seated reasons why we overeat and dispels the reasoning that some of us are just born fat or have slow metabolisms. Its mainly common sense stuff like only eating when you're hungry, eating what you feel for (even if its icecream/chocolate), savouring every mouthful and then putting down the knife and fork once you're full. Once you learn to be in harmony with your body, you will find your body shape changes to what it was naturally programmed to be.