This is not good just for weight loss, but to be healthier in general.
No sugar. Period. The only sweetener that is healthy and good for you is stevia. Subsitute stevia for all other sweeteners. Equal and Splenda are chemicals-your body is not meant to process chemicals.
Don't eat food that has more than five ingredients. Highly processed foods are barely food.
No dairy. Human beings were not meant to drink from the teat of a cow. Plus all the hormones and, once again, chemicals, in dairy are not good for you.
Drink distilled or spring water. No soda, no milk, none of that gatorade sugar crap.
Walk everywhere. Park a block away, park the farthest away from the entrance.
Skip wheat all together. Use flours made of kamut or (my favorite) spelt. These flours are very, very low in carbs.
No pork or red meat. Poultry but only if it's grain fed, cage free. Try incorporating more seafood in your life. Salmon (farm raised-not wild as it contains mercury), tuna, halibut, perch, whatever is fresh and native to your area.
Eat tiny meals all day. I like to snack on the occasional hard boiled egg, organic fruit, spelt pretzels, raw cashews, etc.
It's really hard to loose weight. But once you get in the habit, you'll find that nothing tastes better than being healthy!
I went from an 8 to a 14 back to 8 in the span of several years. I lost the weight pretty quickly following the above. I noticed that the first couple days were absolutely brutal...my craving for sugar was akin to heroin, I swear! Tought it out!
I was also sure to give myself a treat once in a while. I LOVE ice cream, although I know how awful it is for you. I switched over to soy dream or rice dream, and they are actually pretty good. I occasionally have some of that to make me smile. And I'm a sucker for lemonade. I buy organic lemonade and danggoneit it's great.
I just rambled. Maybe some of that will help you, though. Best of luck!