Originally Posted by BlueWire

People over complicate things...

Getting active and making an effort to cut out bad eating/drinking habits is how you lose weight and keep it off. Get out of the habit of having dessert multiple times per week; stop drinking pop; try to limit your frequency of alcohol consumption; get your portion sizes under control; cut out the junk food snacks....cardio 4-5 days a week of some kind for 30 min(walking, running, playing a sport, whatever)...and 2-3 days/week lifting weights for 20 minutes.

If you can do that; not only will you lose weight but you'll be down right healthy within a year. Why spend 10 years screwing around with different fad diets when the answer is right in front of you?