Once I decided to lose weight, I wanted to adopt the healthy way of losing weight, rather going on crash dieting.  I read some useful articles on http://www.healthopts.com which gave tips on losing weight the healthy way. I planned to adopt those tips to see the outcome for one month time.  As suggested by the article I listed down what I ate regularly and did modifications on the diet.  I decreased the portions of junk food I am used to intake.  Along with proper dieting like inclusion of more vegetables, fruits, whole grains and cereals with high fiber content I also went for regular workouts to give some physical activity to my body.  I avoided taking my car often and walked shorter distances.  The article suggested to fill up the fridge with all kinds of healthy foods, as when had any craving, I had no choice but to take a dig on only the healthy foods.  I also took care of the nutritional facts while buying food products.  All these things let me lose weight without looking skinny but into a healthy lean female.