If you are new around here, welcome. Now here are the rules of success! If you have been around a long time, don't forget this stuff. It might be time to get started, or time to regroup and get back on track! And remember losing weight is easy (I do it every time I use the bathroom). 

-1 Schedule your workouts like you would a gynecology appointment. You may not want to go, but you need at least to take 30 minutes 3x/week to move as much and as fast as you can. Fitness includes some strength training in my book (which you should buy!)

-2 Log all your food and set your activity levels properly. If you can't count, Google easy math. ;)

-3 Try eating your exercise calories as recommended. It might NOT work, so try not eating them! Just don't make another post in the forums about it! Nobody likes forum Nazis.

-4 Weigh your food portions. I suspect you didn't get to where you are by knowing how many grams/ounces a rib eye steak weighs!

-5 Get rid of all the junk foods and trigger foods in the house. I will even let you log this as Cardio exercise, "Cleaning with Maximum Effort!"

-6 Take pictures now, you'll be glad you did. If you are serious, take some ugly fat pics! 50 pounds from now you'll be glad you did.

-7 Use the tape measure often and the scale sparingly. If you are doing the cardio and strength training (not body building), some weeks your weight is going to move around. The sign of true weight loss is lower body fat percentages (not lower body fat, like your butt jiggles.)

-8 Plan for success - know what you are going to eat as far in advance as you can. A weekly meal plan, lunches made and frozen before the work week, and planning for holidays and parties is essential. A flight plan will save a lot of complaining and looking for sympathy on the news feed. :)

-9 Visit your favorite restaurant sites NOW, and make a list of suitable meals at each of them. You really can get out of most places with a 400 calorie meal if you plan for it. bookmark them on your PC and/or Smartphone.

-10 Fill out your profile, outerwise you won't have any friends.  Friends are essential.

-11 Remember most people eventually fail (well ovr 70%), but you don't have to be one of them. Dieters are usually the first ones to fall off the circus wagon, followed by those that were doing it for a special occasion and then those who did not maintain their lifestyle change.

-12 Never make excuses, it's your life. :) 

Thanks for the votes and comments.