Quote Originally Posted by GilpinGuy View Post
Holy crap guys. I haven't read all 32 pages of responses here. But I have done ONE and ONLY ONE "diet" that truly works long term. It's a low carb diet. Get away from bread, rice, pasta, dognuts, potatoes, almost anything "white". Carbs are what are killing most of us as far as weight.

And when I say "get away from" I don't mean totally. Just make them a small part of your diet. I'm down 50 lbs. My doc was impressed. Blood pressure down. I don't follow the "Atkins" thing at all, but after reading his book, I actually do it without realizing it. Pretty easy really. PM if anyone wants details.
I think what most of us want to do is drop as much as we can as quickly and safely as possible, and then roll over to eating better. At least that's my plan. Changing to a healthy diet and only losing 1-2 lbs./week would only discourage me. I can suffer for a couple months if it'll give me a big headstart.