If you drink soda, get rid of that first thing. Replace it with water or carbonated water
(La Croix water in cans is good- 0 calories)
Then you need to cut down on your caloric intake. Start by cutting your intake by 500 calories a day.
If you have a smart phone, get a free calorie counting app that has a big archive of foods- theres one by "fat secret" on Android Market called "calorie counter"
use that to first: count calories of your normal eating habits for a couple days.. figure out what you take in each day.
Then cut that by 500 calories for a few weeks. That plus no soda.
During this time start slowly ramping up increased exercise. You dont want to go crazy too fast or youll probably burn out, get sore and quit. Just add a little cardio to your day as mentioned above.
Go a month or so like this, and then see how your weight is.
If youre still not losing a couple pounds a month, drop some more calories from your diet and keep ramping up your exercise.
There is really nothing more to it than that- all the "tricks" are BS. Weight is all about calories in and calories out (burned)
you need to find the right balance to move your body in the direction you want.
Once you get your cardio up a bit and you are used to it, you can add some simple weight lifting- dont need to go crazy with it- dumbell exercises will work.. this will add muscle, which will increase your metabolism and help you burn more calories.
That is the stark truth about weight.
Its not as easy to do as it sounds, bhut stick with it and it can work.
Also, ask AZLORD about it- he did the same kind of thing and he's like half the weight from a year ago now- its amazing
This site looks low-fi, but it has alot of good info:
http://www.intense-workout.com/weight_loss.html