Losing weight without this website?

my husband did it without any website or tracking mechanism. He simply cut his meal to half every day. he said it was simple but not pleasant while he was cutting.

There's a number of considerations to make but not all of these are going to be applicable. Additionally, some of these recommendations may seem to fly in the face of flexible dieting but considering that you're not tracking anything you may need to implement some of these in exchange.

If I were to list a few things that could potentially help:

1) I would consider eating a reasonably large portion of protein and fiber in your first meal. This might effectively blunt hunger and reduce your total energy intake.

2) I would consider eating a fairly high quantity of green fibrous vegetables. I would eat a moderate amount of fruit. I would probably consider a protein source and green vegetables each meal for the purpose of blunting hunger and increasing fullness.

3) I would significantly limit heavily refined and energy dense foods.

4) I would pay close attention to hunger signals and how you respond to meal frequency. Some people do horribly on 6 feedings per day and do wonderfully on 2-3 per day, and vise versa. Something like 3 meals per day with no snacks would be a good benchmark for you to monitor satiety.

5) If you have problems with portion control I would consider examining the overall palatability of your meals and if necessary, consider slightly reducing how palatable the meal is. Now I realize I may catch some heat for this and understandably so in some contexts, but generally speaking the more palatable your meals the more potential you have to disregard fullness signals and over-eat. Tread carefully with this one because I'm not suggesting that you eat cardboard. As a thought experiment compare some crispy, hot, french fries that are nicely seasoned, to a plain boiled potato. You will very, very likely consume far more of the former than the latter.

These are just a few things you could implement.

I lost weight before this website (in a healthy way, and kept it off). I simply tried to build my diet around whole foods: vegetables, fruits, lean meats, dairy, nuts and seeds, and whole grains. I ate til I felt like I'd eaten enough, and stopped. I kept an eye out for added sugars, and limited highly refined carbs in packaged convenience foods. The weight came off. Obviously, yes, I ate at a deficit. Having some guidelines for myself such as trying to eat more vegetables and fruits, and limiting added sugar, made that easier to accomplish.

Hi. So I've been doing a great job losing weight by using MFP these past few months. However, I'm going to be going on vacation to Europe and, well, it's summer, so I'm always busy doing something, and I don't want to rely on my phone/computer anymore to log what I eat. I've been slacking on using this. I still intend on exercising and eating well (I don't eat any bread, sweets, soda, juice, heavy/greasy foods, dairy), but I just want to know if anyone has any tips for basically going on autopilot to still continue losing 1-2 pounds a week while I enjoy my summer. Are there any foods that I should just avoid entirely? How do I know I'm eating just enough to lose as opposed to overeating?

No special foods, just eat less than you burn and you will lose weight. I don't know how to answer your question because, even at maintenance, I am still logging my food. When I go to Ireland for two weeks in September, I probably won't log my food so I can enjoy my vacations. I will probably choose lower calorie foods than I normally do, I don't know. Not there yet.

I would do:
3 meals a day
nothing in between
only 1 plate at each meal
half the plate being veggies
avoid desserts

Then back on MFP at the end of the summer and see from there.