What are your favorite diet hacks?

Use cucumber slices instead of crackers for toppings like a tsp of tuna salad, a dill pickle slice/cheese etc

My wife bought guacamole the other day and instead of using the chips that she bought, I cut up some radishes into rounds and used them instead of the chips. Crunchy and tasty all at the same time.

I'm excited about this topic because I feel like I discovered a couple this week!

Go big on the roasted vegetables, especially non-starchy veg like carrots and broccoli. My current go-to-lunch has been a big sautee of carrots and spinach with some sliced chicken thighs and a bit of black beans. It's SUPER filling, SUPER tasty, and only like 350 calories?!

I also notice that when I balance my macros to be about 33% across the board, I feel a lot better.

For me it's using things I like at lower portions instead of "healthier" or lower calorie options I don't care for. Eg. I prefer to use 1/2 tbs mayo instead of 1 tbs of the low fat version. I prefer parboiled rice over brown rice. One chocolate bar once in a while over a Fiber one bar once a day.

I'm finding it easier to maintain my losing weight better this way. Normally I would be really good a week or two then fall off but this time I am one month and a half in and 17 lbs gone.

Make the smart choices easier than the indulgent ones.

I'm lazy. So, I preload for that. I used to keep snacks downstairs, where I spend most of my time. The whole bag/box/whatever. If I want a snack now, I have to WALK MY BUTT to the kitchen upstairs and get one. My snacking has decreased 70% from that alone. Add in 'put the chips in a bowl and bring them back so now I have to walk the bowl back upstairs and wash a bowl' it's down probably 95%. My candy lives in the freezer. If I want it I have to go get it and wait for it to thaw or eat it WAY more slowly because it's frozen. If I want more of anything I have to walk up a flight of stairs and through the house and back AGAIN.

My grocery orders are online. My previous orders are a the bottom. It is easier to rebuy things or purchase ingredients with none of the 'that looks good' impulse purchases that come from walking past it in the store. To get candy/cake/treats I have to SEEK THEM OUT AND ADD THEM, when I am not looking at them. Less emotional investment as well as zero impulse control being needed.

I put my running shoes on every morning. I am 95% more likely to go jog or walk if my SHOES ARE ON. If I'm walking around in socks inertia wins and I will do nothing. Shoes on is easy but keeps me moving via momentum.