So my friends, I am trying to lose about 18 pounds. But that's just an estimate. Because it's really more about the body fat percentage for me, as dictated by my TANITA SCALE, which acurrate or no, will at least show what direction you are heading in. I am TRYING to do this through means of eating healthy. The diet is 5 days of low carb, low fat, one day of moderate carb low fat and one pure cheat day a week.
calories on 5 days a week are 2000.
calories on moderate carb day are about 2300
cheat day could be 2500 - 3000 I estimate.

Exercise is weight lifting three times a week, aerobics 4 times a week, and on Sundays a nice walk. Mondays there is no exercise.

BUT if losing weight slowly is not your cup of tea, try this diet:

Every waking hour have one apple and one diet soda. Even if you ate 12 times a day you would intake less than 1200 calories. Be sure to take your vitamins as your body will be completely malnourished.

Okay okay. PLEASE nobody do this. I am trying to poke fun at myself over how desperate I feel sometimes. I lost weight, got down to 132, felt great. It took 70 days for me to get there from 150. It took only 4 weeks, 28 days to get almost back to 150 again. So NOW I have to start all over again. Hooray for me! Not really.

Oh and let me tell you what I think my mistake has been and how I am going to avoid it this time. After losing the weight I switched to a different diet plan with more carbs in an attempt to "bulk up". Hahahaha. Boy did it work. I feel fat now. I have learned that carbs for me --- well they are not good. I'm a big believer in "calories are calories". You cut the calories, you lose weight. But IN ADDITION I do feel that when I hardly eat any carbs other than VEGETABLES and occasionally some fruit, oh and milk products --- in other words no rice bread pasta --- I do not feel hungry all the time and I have way more energy. So after I lose the weight this time if I want to build muscle I am going to just add a tiny bit more carbs, more protein and cut back on cardio. Because that crazy diet plan before was like "after you lift weights, eat lots of fat free carbs" like potatoes and whatnot and it sent me off on this crazy weight gain PLUS now I'm hungry at night whereas before I wasn't.

Don't be like me and be slow to figure out what works for you. Don't read something in a magazine or on the internet and think "I could get better results doing this". Don't do it. If what you are currently doing is working for you, STICK WITH IT!!!! That's my opinion, anyway.