How to get healthy weight loss?

SHORT VERSION:

Calories in > Calories out = weight loss. Eat healthy and exercise, and lift weights.


Longer, complicated version:

Find your TDEE, and eat 500 calories less than that every day. Here's a calculater for it: http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/

Eat plenty of proteins and fats, fill the rest with carbs. You should eat 0.7-0.8 grams of protein for every pound of lean bodyweight you have. (get your bodyfat% tested, or post a picture on here or Reddit or something and have people give you a ballpark estimate) Remember this:
1g protein = 4 calories
1g carbs = 4 calories
1g fat = 9 calories
1g alcohol = 7 calories.
Your diet should be something like this: You should get 35% of your calories from fat, get .7-8g protein per 1 pound lean mass, and fill the rest of your diet with carbs.

Eat plenty of veggies (duh) Potatoes don't count, they're just starch, and starch is a bunch of sugar molecules holding hands. Have a moderate amount of fruit (don't overdo it, fructose is still sugar, and the sugars in fruits are nearly chemically identical to high fructose corn syrup)

Lift weights, start here: http://stronglifts.com/stronglifts-5x5-beginner-strength-training-program/ If you don't lift, you'll lose muscle, and won't look good naked. Plus lean mass = healthy mass.

Do interval training on off days for cardio, so that means get outside and do some sprints, or some tabata workouts. Anything that is a short period of high intensity exercise followed by a period of rest.

Read the "Getting started" forum. All the information you need is on here already.