I desperately want to lose my weight...

wrong forum. try running fatty.

Find an exercise you enjoy. I'm not overweight, but knew I needed to be more active. My balance does not allow me to ride a bicycle, but I found these: www.catrike.com. Not cheap, but loads of fun, and fast. If you'd prefer two wheels, you may find a recumbent bicycle more comfortable than a traditional diamond-frame, but they ARE more expensive. A good dealer will be happy to let you take extended test rides of any number of models.
As I have aged (50 this year), my "secret" to weight control has always been portion control. For example, I love chocolate chip cookies, but will only eat a few at a time. Perhaps the best thing you can do is eat slowly. It takes the brain 20-30 minutes to realize the stomach is full. Fast eaters are still packing it in during that time, so then they feel stuffed and miserable, with way more calories than they need.
Strength training will burn calories, but it also builds muscle, which is denser than fat. You'll be in better shape, but the scale may not show it. Aerobic training will burn calories without building lots of muscles, so is probably best for weight loss.
Good luck; I hope this helps.

Losing weight is technically very simple as it is just making sure that you eat fewer calories than you burn. It is pretty hard to do in practice as starting an exercise regimen is daunting for many people, as is eating less food or different foods than they are used to. I would recommend going to see your family doctor as they would have the best advice for you to lose weight as they know your personal medical situation better than anybody you'd talk to here over the Internet.

The "pro-anorexia" stuff on the website is actually just straight-up anorexia. Anorexia is defined as being <85% of your ideal body weight due to a non-organic cause (read: not due to some medical condition). You don't look like you are emaciated unless you actually are emaciated. Starving yourself to less than your ideal body weight is NOT a good idea, particularly if you use methods like laxatives and vomiting like many anorexics use.

I don't think it's a secret that you need both diet and exercise.

I was a cross country runner and played baseball in high school and college. I started getting heavy into bodybuilding. Now I concentrate more on cardio. I think it's the well rounded exercise program that works the best. You need to burn and tone. I personally like to run 4 to 5 miles and always include a hard sprint at the end. Along with the cardio, it's important to sculpt the body with a variety of exercises including bench press, curls, push ups, lat pull downs, crunches.....

^all this is meaningless if you follow it up with 3 double cheeseburgers at McDonalds. I like to base my diet around peanut butter, tuna, oatmeal, and salads. What works well for a lot of people, is to keep a diet log.

I'm a doctor, i would absoloutely AVOID any type of radical starvation/exclusion type regime - yes you will lose weight, but in the long term you will become malnourished especially of trace elements and eventually ill as a result - the main reason is these are temporary solutions your weight will rebound when you stop.

The key is towards lifestyle change, small gradual increments - I used to weigh 72kgs when i cycled 30km every morning, my bike got stolen and in three years ive gained 30kgs.

A realisitic objective is to lose the weight at the same rate that you gained it - you may not want to hear that, but, the end goal means that if you spend several years making small sequential lifestyle adjustments, at the end of it all these are far more likely to be your usual habits and you will find it much eaiser to maintain them.

Specifics, people argue all day long about it being in the genes, metabolism etc, nonsense - you cant manufacture energy out of thin air, therefore

Calories In - Calories Burned = Weight Change

Two parts to this - reducing calories means eating less high calorie things - think fast food (once a month) fried meat (once a fortnight) and more filling low cal things - think salads and grilled chicken / tuna (lightly dressed). One big killer everyone overlooks is drinks - some fruit juices and especially soda/pop contains 200calories per measure thats 10% of your reccomended daily intake - go diet/sugar free or even better drink water.

Second part is exercise - the way ive approached this especially with a busy schedule is to identify the times im sedantry and then plan to do something, so now when i get home, instead of watching the news real for an hour, i do it on an exercise bike. other easy things to get into are swimming or even try a wii fit, just to get you into the routine of exercise and burning calories.

^ That's true to a certain extent.

The exercise needs to be balanced. A mix of distance and sprints is smart. Our cross country practices routinely started and finished with a hard sprint. But in between, we ran 4 - 10 miles. The overall cardio condition and calorie loss are the bottom line. You can sprint 10x100m, but if I run 10 miles I'm going to burn a lot more calories, fat, and have an overall better cardio condition.

WTF

Eat only three healthy meals a day and get a bike to ride EVERY DAY!
If you cant ride walk briskly or run if you can.

Make you own meals, stay away from resturants.

Cut back on ever thing that has added sugar and salt. Read the lables.

If you drink alcohol keep it at a minimum. It turns to sugar in you body.

Last but not least...Dont listen to your friend that recomends pro anorexia.

get wii fit lol