Losing weight!

I was reading Freakonomics about two weeks ago. I love that book - it appeals to my non-linear thought pattern. It was the version that had been updated in '06 with all sorts of extras from their blog, and one of those extras was about a behavioral psychologist who had developed a simple, inexpensive and easy method of weight loss.
The premise of the method is that certain foods have a way of raising or lowering your body's "set point" - the weight that your body wants to be right then. Foods with a high flavor/calorie association (like sweets, Doritos, junk food) will raise your set point, foods with a low flavor/calories association (bland food - plain rice, cottage cheese) will lower your set point. Foods with NO flavor/calorie association (flavorless oil, sugar water) with lower the set point A LOT.
Translation - if you take in a certain amount of calories with no flavor (so your mouth doesn't go "mmmm, more of that please!") you will feel full a lot faster when you consume meals with flavor.
How do you do this? In a two hour flavorless window (one hour after and before having ANY tastes in your mouth, including toothpaste, coffee, gum, etc) you drink either a tablespoon or two of flavorless oil (extra light olive oil is recommended) OR two tablespoons of sugar dissolved in water.
That's it. When mealtime comes, load your plate as usual and marvel at how much you don't feel like eating. Seriously, that plate will look ridiculously overloaded.
I started this 7 days ago. I have absolutely no willpower when it comes to food. I love food. We are having my wedding reception in a fantastic restaurant not for the decor, but because I fell in love with the food. I have stopped snacking. Repeat - I HAVE STOPPED SNACKING. I don't even want to. But the numbers tell the real story, and I love empirical data.
4/14 - Day one. Weight, 198 lbs(!) Bust - 44", Waist - 42", Hips - 43"
4/21 - Day seven - Weight, 193 lbs, Bust 44", Waist - 39", Hips - 42"
I'm 5' 8 1/2", and my initial BMI was in the obese category. The BMI calculator gave me a target weight of 157, which I haven't seen in ten years. If this rate of weight loss continues, or even if it slows down to 2-3 lbs a week, I will hit that target in 12 to 16 weeks. This feels very sustainable - I don't feel deprived or terribly hungry, just that my appetite has dropped off the map.
The only downside? My lovely, simple wedding dress will hang on me like a sack! I'll have to wear something else!