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You need to sustain a lifestyle where you take in less than you expend over an extended period of time to get good results. Most people would be shocked at how little food it actually takes to sustain their caloric expenditure to make it "zero sum". Add to that how much food is consumed out of habit or routine or social expectation rather than our bodies telling us "hey, I need nourishment down here" and the readily-available mass-produced quantities of processed, sugar-filled, corn-syrup-pumped crap on the market and you see why we have a problem.

The best thing you can do is pay attention to what's going into your body - everything, even seemingly "inconsequential" snacks like juice or gum or whatever. Count the calories for EVERYTHING on a few typical days. You'll be shocked. I bet you can slash 20%-25% of your intake by just eliminating calories from liquids and unnecessary snacks. Start there.

No soda, no juice, no alcohol, no milk. Water or clear liquid only (the flavor waters are fine if they're zero carb/calorie) or coffee/tea with no milk, cream, sugar or syrup. Have a bunch of small meals throughout the day - protein bars, fruit, whatever rather than gorging yourself by "three squares a day" (one of the worst things you can do for yourself is having "three squares").

Sustain this for months. It works. I know people who have lost well over 75 pounds without cravings or "crash diets" that are bound to fail by simply making lifestyle changes.

Ultimately what you stick into your body is a choice. Make it yourself and stop deferring it to other people for sake of convenience. Good luck.