Just excercise and cut out a few fat foods every day. Lets say you want to eat out for lunch, get a salad or something light instead of other foods. Walk or run everyday. I play tennis and that was a workout! If you want a pizza, get it thin crust and vegetables instead of thick crust with meats on it. Eat little or no breads and pastas. That should all help. And cut out soda. I saw on tv they said for some who has a soda everyday for the year can gain over 20 pounds! I have my koolaid now! Haha

If you are small anyway, you probably have a very fast motabolism and probably don't need to lose pounds. If I am guessing correctly you want to look like you've lost a few pounds. My advise for you is to eat healthy foods. You can eat as much pasta as you want so long as it is complex carbohydrates and not enriched. Follow the most simple diet that isn't a diet out there, the food pyramid. Try and get into the gym 3-4 times a week, and if you don't already, start weight training. You may think that if you lift weights you will bulk up and be big, that is untrue. If you keep your weight low and do more repetitions you will build muscle, enough to burn calories for you all day. The more muscle you have on your body the easier it is for you to lose weight. Good luck! And be careful not to injure yourself when you are lifting!

Exercise and a healthy diet is definitely the way to go. You don't have to cut out carbs like bread and pasta. Actually you shouldn't!! Whole grain breads and whole wheat pasta are the way to go, but keep and eye on your portions.

That depends on your specific needs. Atkins and like low-carb diets are doctor recommended for some people.
The original poster here, I doubt needs to go to such an extreme just to lose a few pounds, but to just generally say that no one should cut out carbs is a false statement. Try reading up on low-carb diets and how and why they work. When you understand how they work, then all of the doubts are usually aleviated.