Count the calories and exercise for half an hour a day. That's free. Your head being in the right place is vital for successful weight loss also.

Thanks very much for your responses!

My biggest struggle is binge-ing at night. Any advice on when to stop eating in relation to bed time? I feel certain that just overcoming this one issue would help me tremendously in my weight loss efforts.

Thanks much,
Ava

Not so sure that it's really a matter of stopping at a given hour. If it's really bingeing (i.e. emotional eating, being unable to stop, etc—and not just "eating my dinner late"), telling you "you must not eat past 7 pm" (or 8 pm, 9 pm...) won't be that useful to you: it may, on the contrary, make you feel frustrated, and in need of bingeing... The most important thing is to identify the reason to evening-time eating: having stressful days? Boredom? Feeling compelled to eat whenever you're in front of the TV/computer? Once you isolate the factors, then you can work on solutions from there.

For instance, in my case, I got rid of the TV munching problem by having something to keep my hands busy with (working on canvas, for instance)... otherwise I keep them busy by shoveling food into my mouth! :rolleyes:
Etc.

Hope this helps.

Depending on the kind of evening eating you are doing (see Kery's post, above) having a planned evening snack can really help. Work it into your calories, look forward to it, then enjoy it and stop eating. (If it's emotional, uncontrollable eating, then you'll need to find other solutions...)