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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is some inspiration for you: one year ago I was at 180#, 5'5" and only 32. Today I am 154# & in the best shape of my life. I did it by eliminating ALL refined carbs & sugar, eating 90% lean protein, veg, eggs & nuts. And lots and lots of water. It took me 9 months to change my eating & then I focused on exercise. It was too much for me to reduce / change my intake & work out so I separated the two. It's now my belief that weight loss happens in the kitchen, not the gym. I need to lose 10 more & it might take me another year but I will get there. You can do it, OP. It's hard but so worth it. [/quote]

Plus 1 on the actually tracking what you eat.

1 year ago I was 5'4" and 168 pounds.  Today I am the same height and 133 pounds.  I am 47.  I lost 35 pounds over 7 months and have kept it off for 5 months so far, I dod not excercise as much as anyone on here described but I am generally fit and active.  Exercise is great, needed for fitness in fact.  But the reality is that weight loss happens in the kitchen.  There are lots of diets around, but they are all proxies for controlling your calorie intake, if you actually count the calories there are no food group restrictions.  Get a smart phone, find a calorie counting app that you can use, preferably with a website as well.  I used loseit.com. Do not be too aggresive, do not try and lose more than 1 pound a week and you wil probably lose more than that with exercise thrown in.  If you are too aggressive you will likely be grumpy and ultimately binge.  Do not eat back what you think you burned in exercise unless you ran 10 miles or the equivalent.  Measure your food, at least until you can confirm that your eyeball matches a measuring cup and scale.  People notoriously underestimate how much they eat and overestimate how many calories are burned by exercise.  That results in what feels like a lot of work and no results.

It is not complicated, but it is not easy either.  It is sustained commitment to moderate calorie deficits that will allow you to make a lifestyle change that results in permanent weight loss.

People I know routinely ask we "WHAT DID YOU DO?"  and when I tell them I counted calories and moved more, they act as if that is impossible and say that they would gain weight if they ate 1600 calories a day.  How can someone who does not actually track everything they eat know that?  It is not rocket science and modern technology makes it easy to track, not easy to stick to but it is surprising how much having to write down what you eat impacts your decision making.

Good luck.[/quote]

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