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@Velocio
I did buy one of those Fitbits http://www.fitbit.com/uk/
It's been pretty awesome so far.
I burn an average of 2,200 calories per day, and consume an average of 1,500 calories per day.
Recording activity has made me use the gym far more on what would be sedentary days, and calorie counting has stopped me eating snacks I don't actually need.
So far I've lost 1.5KG in a fortnight. Which didn't feel like effort at all. Just the act of recording it all and being aware has put me in control.
One of the things I really like is that the fitbit calculates what you can consume in calories according to the level of activity that you've done so far that day. For me, it starts out suggesting I can consume 2,200 calories, and if I hit the gym it pushes it up to recommending 2,800 calories. A really long cycle ride and it's suggesting 4,000 calories (which I've only done once in the last fortnight). And on a sedentary day it starts to lower the amount I have left shy of 2,000 calories... and forces a smaller dinner.
I haven't stopped eating ice cream or cookies. It's just that now I earn the ability to stuff that shit down my throat. A few laps of Richmond Park and it gives me tons of head room to eat half a tub of Haagen Dazs. So I don't feel like I'm dieting at all, it's not hard to stick to it as I still have all of the nice luxuries.
I like it.
I've programmed it to get me to 72KG by mid-August, and so I'll let you know how I'm progressing. So far it's on plan, but I'll see whether it's sustained.