How tall are you? Because to be perfectly frank, unless you are over 6'5, the idea that you thought you were just "chubby" makes me seriously question your intelligence. My husband is 6'3 with shoulders like a linebacker, and you outweigh him by a good sixty pounds. You weigh over two and a half of me. "Chubby," my (tiny) behind. Having said that, I would be very happy to help you, if you truly want help, because I am a nice person. Like Mazziestar below, I currently weigh about 102 (actually, probably about 105 at the moment, because I was very lazy and baked and ate a lot of cookies over Xmas) but that was not always the case. At my heaviest I weighed about 145, and I am 5'1. Count calories. It is the easiest and (IMO) best way to lose weight. You don't need to omit any foods or buy any special foods, buy any equipment (although a kitchen scale is a good thing to have), or follow any special "meal plans." Since I don't know your height I don't know your ideal weight, but I'm guessing you have at least 150 pounds to lose. That is going to take a long time. Be prepared for that. There is no getting around it.  You will be hungry for the first two weeks or so. There's no getting around that, either. You did this to yourself; you stretched your stomach to the point that it is no longer satisfied with a normal amount of food, so you have to suffer a little until it shrinks back. Tough. I did it. Quite a few of us here did it. You can, too. The good news is that after those first two weeks or so you will have lost 3-5 pounds (at least). Seeing those results on the scale gave me a real boost and inspired me to keep going. It was really working, I was really losing weight (and it was easier than I thought it would be)! Hopefully it will inspire you, too. And do NOT listen to any of that "95% of diets fail, 95% of people gain back the weight," bullshit. Those diets/dieters failed because they were either ridiculous, unsustainable diets to begin with (the cabbage soup diet, the all-liquid diet, no-carb, etc.--no one can eat like that for the rest of their lives) or because the dieters gave up and started eating like pigs again. There is nothing inherent in eating less that means it will automatically fail; it's lazy fat fucks who can't exercise some self-control who fail. So given how enormous you are now, I'm guessing you're eating at least 3,000 calories a day. At LEAST. Be honest. Look up the calories counts for the things you eat and count it up. Include fluids: sodas, fruit juices, coffeeshakes from Starbucks or whatever. Don't forget snacks, even if it's just a single bite. It might help you to take a few days to write down everything you eat and drink with the calorie counts (it might not, so only do this if you're curious). If you do it, DO NOT LIE, FFS. Anyway. A good daily limit for you right now--again, because I don't know how tall you are or how sedentary--pretty damn sedentary, is my guess, but you never know--is probably about 2,000/day. Give that a try for two weeks. Do not cheat. Be pretty rigid about it--you should be able to do anything for just two weeks, so don't start letting yourself "just have one chocolate, tee hee, it won't hurt anything." Yes, it will, because when you give yourself permission to cheat once, it's easier to do it a second time. And by "cheat," I mean A) go over your daily limit; and/or B) eat something and don't add those calories to your number consumed for that day. I'm clarifying this because part of the beauty of calorie counting is that you can eat anything you want. I didn't skip dessert when I was losing weight; I just had much smaller desserts, mostly things like mini candy bars, lollipops, ice cream sandwiches, or Hershey's Kisses--things that are individually packaged so easy to count the calories in. Because I was never depriving myself of food I wanted, I never felt like I was sacrificing anything, so it was much easier to stick to the plan (so to speak). Weigh your portions if you're not making/buying individual prepared foods (like, I used to buy these seasoned chicken breast cutlets that were 135 calories each, and one was plenty for dinner with some peas and baked fries as a side; the whole meal was something like 350 calories and it was plenty filling/satisfying). Don't forget to add the calories in sauces and condiments--and try to skip mayo altogether, if you eat mayo. My husband used to dip his fries in it (gag) and I finally made him stop when it started making him gain weight. It's just not worth it, IMO, but then I hate mayonnaise so I'm not the best judge. Read the labels of anything you eat. Pay attention to the "serving size." A lot of those are bullshit. My husband and I realized the other day that one of those Entenmann's chocolate-covered donuts counts as TWO "servings" on their label. One donut is two servings? Lol. But that's how they get you; they make you think one donut is only like 200 calories, and that is not the case. Cans of soda often claim to be two servings, too. So make sure you pay attention to serving sizes. People who insist that breakfast is the most important meal of the day are usually fat. There is nothing wrong with skipping meals. Intermittent fasting is good for you. Personally, if I eat in the morning I'm hungry all day, so I usually don't eat until dinnertime. Humans have eaten that way throughout history. I can't think of anything else at the moment and have to go to bed. Good luck. PM me if you have any questions. I'm honestly happy to help you--but don't bother if you're not going to stick with it, because I don't like having my time wasted. 2,000 calories a day (for now--you'll need to lower it once you've lost thirty pounds or so). It's more than enough food. You should have no problem at all sticking to it.  The rest is up to you.