Tell me it's possible without any special diet? :(

You are, what you eat. Just remember that. :flowerforyou:

There are no special secrets and never will be. It just takes time and track ur progress

Get ready for it.... diets don't work!!! If they did, we would all be skinny (not healthy, but skinny). The key here is to eat right and exercise. I am not saying it's easy, I am just saying that it is simple.

I workout cause I like to eat wait scrach that..................... I love food I'm a cook so I like shopping for food working with food and most of all eating food

I also like being fit.......... lifting heavy and run for hours

diet is a dirty four letter word

I didn't need a "book diet" to lose over 90 pounds and haven't needed one to maintain, either. All I did was finally focus on eating for health, calorie balance, and exercise.

I don't do well with being told what to do (call it a problem with authority) so when I'm on a "diet plan" all I can think about are the foods I'm not supposed to have. What works much better for me is to just count calories and try to hit my macros. But if I want chocolate, I'll have some. I do find that certain foods are more satisfying and so I'll try to go with those most of the time. Example: potatoes. I LOVE red potatoes, but there are a lot of calories in them and they don't keep me full very long. So most of the time I eat sweet potatoes instead, but if I am really wanting red potatoes I just go ahead and have them, and give up something else that day to make room.

I think for a lot of people the best approach is to make small changes over time instead of overhauling your entire diet in one sitting.

I pretty much eat what I want, just watch portion sizes, and try to be more active. The only I've truely given up is pop, once I started tracking & realized that a 20oz bottle is close to 300 calories, I realized how much I could have eaten if I hadn't drank that pop

It's so possible! I've lost weight with this super secret formula I've developed...it's called...paying attention! You don't need to cut everything you love, you just need to educate yourself about what you're putting into your body. Being on MFP already gives you an advantage, as you can easily find out the calorie content of your food. Smile, you're on your way!

I've lost 20 pounds in a short period of time. No gimmicks. Just restricting calories, and moving more. And I don't even eat clean. I still drink soda (just not a lot, and beer. I'm getting ready to switch up my diet a little, to accommodate lifting weights. But the only thing that means is I need to eat more, and make sure I'm getting enough protein.

No fad diets for me. Overall calorie restriction and balanced macros. I even allow myself the odd small piece of chocolate or a cookie as a treat. Plenty of veg and protein too.

Honestly I'm not into any special diet, I just try my best at eating healthy and doing exercise. I don't even go to a nutricionist. I used to but I didn't feel like it worked and felt like it was something that 'I had to do' insted of 'wanting to do it'. So I would advise you to just do something you're confortable doing

Heck yes. Lost 20lbs since the beginning of the summer, from watching my food intake and slowly figuring out how much I actually need to be eating (with a lot of help from MFP forumites!). I don't actually exercise--which probably accounts for my fairly steady ~33% body fat in spite of weight loss. I'm sure there will come a point when I will have to suck it up and start exercising, though. I'm waiting for that particular plateau, though, as the less strain I put on my knees the likelier I will stick with it.

Here is what I have done to lose approximately 2 lbs per week and 2 points off my blood pressure each week. I eliminated all bread, no processed foods, no soda pop, almost no alcohol (one glass of wine weekly), no sugar, no foods with added sugar, no caffeine (I like sugar in my coffee), and then I ate only fish, hormone free meats, and plenty of fruits and vegetables along with lots of water all day long. Then I incorporated a cardio/weight lifting schedule into my daily routine of at least four days per week at a minimum 60-90 minutes. don't expect to lose the 28.5 pounds in one or two months, what I do have as a goal is a life time behavior of physical, emotional, and spiritual fitness and overall quality of life improvement. I am very fortunate to have professional trainers available who help. Additionally, with the weight loss is an increase of lean muscle mass of at least five percent. from my previous high. It can be done and anyone can do it. I also recommend watching the film I have posted a link to help you decide not to eat GMO foods. http://geneticroulettemovie.com/
If nothing else this will scare the hell out of you when it comes to eating this poison and I mean that literally. I hope that you take encouragement from all those posting here. If you need help, ask for it is available and people care about your success.

When I first started all I was doing was counting calories and exercising, and drinking water-no soda. Over time though, I have improved my diet, added better foods and limited less good ones. Now...nothing is really off limits for me. If I want something I have it, I just eat lighter to keep calories in range the rest of the day...but yea just counting calories worked for me.
I started at 312 and am down to 180ish and I don't eat "perfect"

Diets are short term, lifestyle changes are sustainable. It's calories in vs calories out, but make sure you are eating enough to fuel your workouts.