Hi!!
Exercising didn't do much for me, but controlling what I eat did wonders. And just little things, too! Its a slow process, because starving yourself just damages your body even worse than being overweight does, but if you stick with it the weight can go away. However, that said, exercise is sooo important in keeping good endurance and cardiovascular health up, even if it makes you hungry afterwards and you eat to replace the calories you just burned off.
I am a bit of a fan of success stories and use them to motivate myself to keep me going, but I found some of the stories from howtheylostweight.com really good for helping me stick with it. I have serious issues controlling the volume of food I eat, so.. I need all of the motivation I can get.