CNN - The bottom-line diet: Eat less

By Madison Park
November 12, 2010

"There were no diet pills, shakes or detoxes. And no, it wasn't caveman food, grapefruit, Twinkies, Taco Bell or Subway sandwiches. Tony Posnanski's 200-pound weight loss was straightforward, almost dull. 'I changed the way I ate,' said Posnanski, 34, who went from consuming 10,000 calories a day to 2,400. 'I got rid of processed foods. I ate fruits, vegetables, lean meats. It is pretty boring, but the results aren't boring.' The basics of weight loss are simple: Eat less. Move more. But consumers still flock to the newest best-seller diets, hormone injections, alleged hunger-controlling cookies, enthralled by glowing testimonials about sumo-to-svelte slimdowns..."

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/11/weight.loss.race/?hpt=T2