I used to diet too. Turns out I was just starving myself.
You need to exercise. A lot. I bike twenty miles a day, every morning and every night, and play basketball for an hour every day. I do this seven days a week.
This is from my FB page yesterday - I had been sick with the flu all week so I had stopped riding daily.
Yeah, I know, bright colors.
Combined with eating better... I went from 251 lbs at Phoenix Forum to 223 lbs today. And I'm just getting started.
I shot hoops this morning, I have a family thing to do this afternoon, then back out on the bike!