there are so many diets that you don`t need to chose between very low calories diet or no diet at all. Being on a diet is – in my opinion – just easier then “trying to eat healthier”. It doesn`t have to be a slimming diet – it can be a sport diet as well.
The most important thing is to change your eating habits – baking and boiling meat instead of cooking it, salads instead of bread and an apple for a snack.
The problem is that when we are overweight our body makes us think that we need certain amount of food. Only later it appears that it wasn`t true – I didn`t feel I eat too much before I started a diet but now I see I`m after half of the portion I used to eat. That is why a diet comes in handy – somebody who knows better tells us exactly how much food we need even if our body doesn`t like it from the start.