The best way to lose weight is consistently doing aerobic exercise, five days a week, at least 30 to 45 minutes each time, where the pace is fast enough that you feel a little breathless and slow enough that you can still carry on a conversation. Once you reach your ideal weight, you can drop off to three times a week.

Here's sneaky trick, want to get all five sessions in a week? Plan to do seven. That's right. More likely than not, you'll "miss" one or two workouts and wham, you still got your five sessions done.

As for food, aim for 30% protein + 30% fat + 40% carbs which will = a well balanced diet.

Obviously Eat your fruits and veggies and avoid foods that contain calories and no nutritional value, such as chips, soda and candy. And just because you are working out like a fiend, doesn't mean your mouth has to work out with the same intensity. You'll have to run 1 mile to burn off 100 calories, so that snickers bar that's tempting you right now…is it really worth 2.73 miles?