Need opinions please!

move more, increase vegetables, decrease crap

I track everything and work out 5-6 days a week!

Tracking is your friend! Be honest and accurate. No one "diet" will work. Eat what you like in moderation. Focus on getting more protien, complex cabs, healthy fats and reduce sodium intake. Also, DRINK WATER!!!

As others have already mentioned, just eat less junk and exercise 4-5 times a week. I try to keep my carbohydrates under 115 a day. This just means that I cut grains out of my diet and try to stick to homemade everything. The cooking has helped my hubby tremendously as he was having a hard time losing his weight. I am down 60lbs and have met my goal weight. I simply count each and every calorie and try to eat healthy. LOTS of greens!

Eat healthy and move.:drinker:

It all depends on your body type. Eating healthier and exercising is the norm... but you need to test things out and see how your body best operates. For instance, many people stick to the 1200 per day rule and lose weight. I did that and the scale barely budged. I up'd my calories to 1500 per day and the lbs started falling off. I also eat some of my exercise calories back if my body is craving some more nutrients.

Some people watch their calories, but don't watch the grams of carbs, sodium, protein, fiber, ect. Some are able to lose, and some do not. Personally, I lose the most when I eat less than 100g of carbs per day and eat more protein. AND of course watch my sodium to minimize water retention. (*** just don't peek at my diary for the past few days... I've been on a salt rampage.. and the scale has definitely gone up, lol***)

I used to hate when people told me that I need to experiment and see how my body works, but honestly, after I swallowed my pride and started to do it, it worked. I wish you the best of luck!!! xo

There is no silver bullet to this whole thing, yes eat less and move more is a simple way of saying it.
Find an activity that engages you physically and mentally {find something fun}.
Certain foods effect people differently, some people eat certain foods and are bloated for a few days.
Water is a great device in the journey to get healthier, yes any form of water counts but you need to keep in mind what is added to that water {sugars}.
You did not get to where you are overnight, yoe are not going to get to where you want to be overnight.

I track my caloric intake {everything}; do not count anything but water as water and consume minimal 36 oz a day; I do not plan to eat my workout deficet back {if I eat into it that is okay by me}.

Good luck on your journey.

I don't believe in diets. I personally am trying to make some changes to my eating habits that will help me be healthier. I am trying to eat more fruits and veggies, less processed foods and junk and I am trying to move more. Until 6 weeks ago when I joined MFP I had never even counted calories before. My main reason for doing it now is not to be obsessed with calorie counting but to get an honest look at my habits and to help figure out what a portion size is and recognize what food choices are contributing to my extra weight.
I want to make changes I can reasonably maintain and make habits out of. My overall goal was to lose 25-30 pounds. I set my goals at loosing a pound a week and exercising for 30 minutes 3 times a week. Nothing drastic or hard to do. I do the 30 day shred 3 times a week and sometimes follow it up with 15 minutes of pilates to target my problem areas. I eat almost 1600 calories a day when I don't work out and around 1850 when I do. I have lost 8 pounds in 6 weeks. Slow and steady and making better choices is my goal.

I eat what I want, as long as I stay withing my calorie budget here on MFP. No specific diet. It jus makes you more conscious of what you are using to fuel your body with. It's a mentality that will eventually click. You start to look at food differently. You start making better choices, more informed choices as you start using this tool more and more.

Adding excercise that you find fun is key. You have to enjoy doing it to keep with it.

I think it really depends on how your body works.

My husband has the metabolism I would kill for.

But what works for me is a diet that is pretty high in protein. But as of late, I have cut out ALL white. No sugar, no flour, etc. I have been eating a lot of kale, spinach, other veggies and low fat meat. And it's been working great!

I mostly stick to calories in vs calories out. MFP has my goal set, I try to stay under that. I don't eat my exercise calories (unless I'm starving at the end of the day, but if I'm not hungry I don't eat them). I do watch my sodium, not for health reasons, but because it makes me bloat like crazy..I can work out all week, have a buffalo sandwich with 3000 sodium, still be under calories and gain like 2lbs...its really sad. So I try to stay under 1500 sodium, but there are a lot of people who don't and are losing just fine.