No wonder we’re so fat:
“Exercise, eating less, consuming more fruits and vegetables and drinking more water were the most common strategies. The least common were skipping meals and cutting down on fatty foods.”
Source: Nearly Half of Americans Battling to Lose Weight: CDC Data – Bloomberg Quint
Drinking more water? Come on, America, get serious. And it’s the rare person indeed who can lose with with exercise. You don’t have to cut down on fatty foods.
Paleo Diabetic 
You ate your way into this. And you will have to eat your way out of it. In between, you will have to smarten up. QED