text: The best way to lose weight is through a balance of proper nutrition and exercise.  Its an easy formula and most people know it but let me briefly restate.  If you burn more calories than you eat then you will burn off excess fat.\n\nNow, saying it is one thing, the real challenge is doing it.  It would be nice if there was a quick fix but there isn't.  The good news is that changing your lifestyle is nowhere near as boring or as painful as people think.\n\nPlease don't go on a diet, they simply don't work.  The very idea of depriving yourself of food for a limited period and then returning to your 'normal' lifestyle doesn't work no matter how much people talk about it.\n\nEat everything you like but slowly decrease the amount and slowly substitute healthier foods.  Tastes change and I now actually like things that I never thought I would.\n\nI've been an exercise consultant and people often ask me: 'Whats the best kind of exercise?' and I often tell them: 'The best kind of exercise is one that you will do.'\n\nThere is no best exercise or best diet.  The best exercise is any exercise that you like and that fits your daily schedule.  The best diet is to eat things you like but slowly evolve towards healthier choices.\n\nBe patient.  Be determined.  Enjoy.  Good Luck.