How to lose weight

I have been on many diets - calorie counting, Atkins, South Beach and the Sonoma diet.  They all have failed except for counting calories.  As soon as you go off the fast weight loss programs, you gain the weight back plus some immediately.  Counting calories works if you don't starve yourself to death by eating too small of amount of calories.

The best way to lose weight is to simply eat smaller amounts of food and eat healthy foods (no fried foods, no heavy deserts, no nibling at the candy bowl at work or eating the Friday donuts).  Simply eat a smaller amount of food and exercise regularly whether it be walking for 30 minutes or bike riding with a club for 3 hours.  All you really need is some physical exercise three times per week.  The weight will come off slowly, but it will stay off.