Mykal, have you lost weight on that diet?
My best friend lost OVER a 100 pounds on The Body for Life system, and has kept it off to this day!
Eat a lot of whole foods, not processed. Lay off the fast food - do you know how much money you save if you don't eat fast food? A LOT!
Chicken is better than red meat, but if you cook any meat, cook it in a non-stick pan, so you can drain out all the fat and oil. Whole wheat is better than white bread. Low fat milk is better than whole milk.
But still make food that tastes good, so you don't get sick of tasteless crap and give up! You get some lean ground meat, or chicken breasts, grill it with onions and bell peppers, season it with some curry and mexican seasonings, or whatever you like, wrap it with some tomatoes in a whole wheat pita or whole wheat tortilla shell, and go to town! talk about good!
But don't forget exercise, AphxA. I was going to start a diet thread earlier, because there was one when a girl on the forum was considered surgery to lose weight. (No one consider surgery to lose weight, the side effects are REALLY bad....)
Exercise, like, tomorrow, (or today, whenever you read this.) and don't stop. Do it everyday. The hardest day will be the second day. The first day, you go work out, the second day, you're sore, so people usually stop at this point. You have to do it again. Like, take a walk, but don't quit, walk again the next day, and after the 4th or 5th day, you will be used to it and won't get sore. Then start jogging. Then jogg farther. Do this, and keep up the diet, and you'll lose the weight, have more energy, be able to tickle longer, and feel great!
And good luck!
