Go small and many with your meals rather than large and few. By this we mean that you should plan on eating four to six small meals rather than the typical three large meals a day.

Plan ahead for your meals rather than allowing yourself to rummage through the refrigerator for what looks good whenever you get hungry. The night before, select what healthy foods will be part of your meals and what healthy foods you will eat as snacks. Keep these healthy snacks close at hand throughout the day.

Foods that you have to have included in your low calorie diet plan are some of the following; fruit and vegetables, whole grain cereals, low fat dairy products such as milk and cheese etc, lean meats and fish.

A lot of people think about the foods they eat, but not always about how the food is cooked. Remember it's healthier to grill or steam your foods rather than to fry them in fatty oils.

Although you probably love burgers and pizza and pie, remember that these are usually high in fat and should be eaten sparingly.

Alas, sugar too is not generally the friend of the person on a diet. If you must satisfy that sweet tooth, eat fruit or replace sugar with natural sweeteners such as honey.

The daily recommended allowance of fruit and veg is 5 per day. This is a good starting point for any low calorie diet plan. You could boost this by having fruit smoothies (homemade of course) or vegetable soup that is also homemade.

Another good tip for changing your lifestyle is swapping most of your white foods for brown! Change white rice to wholemeal rice and change white bread to wholemeal brown bread. You don't have to cut carbohydrates out of your low calorie diet plan altogether; you just have to east the right kinds of carbohydrates.

Remember, though, that losing weight is not all about what you eat. Along with changing how you eat, you must also make exercise a regular part of your new lifestyle. Get outside for some walking or running. Or if you must stay in the house, rather than watching TV, how about doing some chores that get you up and moving? This is a good way to get things accomplished and burn calories at the same time.

Remember though to check with your diet before you start your journey to weight loss. But once he's on board, these few alterations in how you eat and exercise will help you on a lifelong quest to improving your health.