Cheap -- and different -- diet tricks

I always get a kick out of the bizarre gimmicks that people use to stay slim. For instance, have you heard of this trend of ruining your food? People will dump a whole container of salt/sugar/hot sauce/liquid soap on their food to keep them from eating any more. It seems extreme, but for someone who picks at their food while it's in front of them, I can see how it works.

Here are some other gimmicks from WebMD:

• Dinner-for-breakfast diet: Have something hearty in the morning, a salad for lunch and some fruit in the evening. This way, you're eating the most calories in the morning, and you have a chance to burn them off.
  
• Container diet: Measure all your food for the day into a Tupperware container and munch from that throughout the day. When it's gone, you're done eating, so you'll have to learn to ration.
  
• Liquid diet: By giving up chewing and living off of liquids, you can drop weight fast. A smoothie for breakfast and soup for lunch and dinner, plus lots and lots of water, will help you shed the pounds without feeling deprived.
  
• No white stuff diet: If you haven't already, cut out the white stuff -- sugar, flour, rice and dairy. What's left? Veggies, protein and whole grains. Really, you can't go wrong with this one.
  

What gimmick works for you?