How To Lose Weight

A calorie is a calorie is a calorie.

Burn off more calories than you take in, and you will lose weight. *

 The secret to successful weight loss is this: 

Eat less and exercise more. 

The real difficulty in losing weight is finding the motivation to burn off more calories than you can put in your mouth.  This is precisely why some diets work for some, and not for others.  If you want to lose weight, look inside first.  Decide, not how many pounds you want to lose, but decide how to motivate yourself. 

 Then go on any diet that fits the math.

What the heck is a calorie?

cal·o·rie or <cal·o·ry>(kal_uh rEE) n. pl. <-ries>
1. a. Also called <gram calorie, small calorie.> an amount of heat
exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbr: cal.
b. (usu. cap.) KILOCALORIE. ABBR: CAL.
2. a. a unit equal to the kilocalorie, used to express the heat
output of an organism and the energy value of food.
b. a quantity of food capable of producing such an amount of
energy[1800-10; < F < L calor heat + F -ie - Y 3].

* check with your doctor to rule of endocrine problems such as hypothyroidism.