Go for one of the human powered helicopters. That should do the trick.
This the sort of problem that Weight Watchers really focuses on. There most popular program emphasizes making generally healthy choices and using portion control to have treats on a regular basis. It seems to work for a lot of people, especially if you have the added incentive of a weekly group meeting and weigh-in to keep you honest.
When I lost weight so many years ago I had Slim Fast for breakfast and lunch. I ate what I wanted for dinner. Usually a sandwich. After a short time I found that I became full after eating much less than I used to. I kept the weight off for ten years. It became a joke around the office because I’d always have a bag of leftovers when we went out for lunch. If we went to a certain Italian restaurant I’d get the prime rib sandwich. I ate the salad, two pieces of garlic bread (two half-slices of sliced bread), and the three onion rings. I’d get two more half-slices of garlic bread, cut the meat in half, and make two sandwiches. One or both of those would be dinner. The apple and the cole slaw would be another meal. And the fries yet another. So I’d get four or five meals out of an $8 lunch!
I’m not starving myself now. As I mentioned, dinner last night was tilapia. But I’m watching what I’m eating, and making a point of eating less. It’s said that you don’t feel ‘full’ until 20 minutes after you eat. I’m not eating until I’m full, but until I’ll feel full in 20 minutes.
Someone mentioned that exercise isn’t that important when it comes to losing weight. This is not true in my experience. I’ve dieted with and without exercise. The weight comes off much more readily when exercise is included.
Today I did 15 push-ups, 25 sit-ups, jogged for 5 minutes, walked (cool down) for 5 minutes, and did 40 reps with the 10 kg (20.5 lb) hand weights. That’s not a lot of exercise. Back in the day, I was doing 125 sit-ups and jogging for 40 or 45 minutes every weekday. But I was chatting with the ex last night. She said people used to make fun of her because she walked on her treadmill. 20 pounds later she’s having the last laugh. She said that she’ll never make fun of anyone who does any exercise because she knows how hard it is to stick with a routine. She said that it’s good I’m starting slowly because if I injure myself I won’t be getting any exercise at all. Only 15 push-ups is five more than I did yesterday. Only 25 sit-ups is five more than I did yesterday. Five minute’s walking is five minutes more than I did yesterday. Slowly, slowly…
If only I hadn’t destroyed both of my knees! 
Just took a walk ‘around the block’. I make it about two miles.
The key to losing weight is not to eat less, but to eat more and more often, but that “more” needs to have a much lower calorie density (ie soups salads, lean meats, fruits, veggies etc) than the carb and fat heavy dishes people rely on as comfort foods. Trying to starve or lose weight by eating tiny portions of calorie dense foods is a sure prescription for failure and you’lll get constipated besides.
The key is eating smart, and you have to make a common sense effort to shop smart for food as well. It also (interestingly) tends to be somewhat more expensive to diet as healthy foods are (seemingly) less often on sale than the comfort sludge we all love, and bags of salad, fruits and veggies and lean meats can get expensive.
One of the very easiest diets to do (along with your program of exercise!) is the “absolute no-no” diet. Figure out what you eat. What of that is junk food, empty calories or just high in fat? Soda? French fries? Chips? Candy bars? Popcorn? McDonalds? Now, one of those things may be a “must have”* . Ok, fine. Then, cut out*- 100% all the time, never ever*- all the rest. I mean- never- for the rest of your freaken life.
Soda- switch to diet. Trust me, after a month or less, drinking nothing but Diet, sugared soda will taste as nasty as diet does now. :eek:
Increase your fiber intake. If you must- get some of that “bulk forming laxative” orange stuff (but not other types of laxatives!).Or fiber pills. Poop often! 
Try once a week a “juice fast” where you drink smoothies and such, with no solid food.
*(for me it’s dark chocolate- and also popcorn but only at movies)
Soda? Rarely.
French Fries? Rarely. (When I do, I order the child-size instead of the regular size.)
Chips? Rarely.
Candy bars? Rarely.
McDonald’s? Rarely.
Switch to diet soda? I drink tea, coffee, and water. Tea may or may not get Splenda and non-fat milk. Coffee is black. Water is delicious.
Fiber? 10 grams per day, plus whatever is in anything else I eat.
Popcorn? Sometimes. I have mini-bags (individual serving) of microwave popcorn. 94% fat free, 90 Calories.
I do tend to eat a lot of meat. No sides usually, just meat. New Year’s Day is going to be unavoidably fattening. Unavoidable, because I have a tradition. But it’s only necessary once a year.
Johnny, you seem to be getting a lot of advice on diet. I realize everyone’s body is different, but for me, exercise has always been much better than diet (and I eat like crap). But keep in mind that muscle weighs more than fat, so as you begin to exercise and build muscle, you might even gain some weight at first. But it’s good weight; the kind of weight that makes you look good in a bathing suit. So if it was me (and it’s not), I probably wouldn’t be as worried about what the scale says as what I can see in the mirror: muscles where there weren’t any, a more V-like body shape, less jiggle when I walk, the bottom of my ribs, shadows along my stomach muscles, etc.
I’m neither a doctor nor a nutritionist, but my nutrition class in college taught that the key to burning calories is sustained exertion. It actually burns more calories – and specifically, more fat calories – to walk for 45 minutes than to run the same distance in 15 minutes.
The key to burning fat is to arrive at a target heart rate (100 to 120 beats per minute, if I remember correctly) and keep that heart rate for between 30 and 60 minutes. But since we’re probably going low tech here, I’m guessing the easiest way to arrive at that target heart rate is to walk somewhat briskly (“somewhat,” not “very”). Don’t worry about distance. And the key is not to push yourself as hard as you can go (it raises you above your target heart rate, and the unpleasantness may dissuade you from exercising in the future). It’s to keep the exercise going for between 30 and 60 minutes.
As an ex-college athlete, I can tell you that the only people that make fun of other people that are exercising are either supremely insecure or don’t work out themselves. This was a code we kept pretty strictly, and if you broke it, you were liable to get pushed around by some men who weighed 300 pounds but were in pretty good shape.
The time you spent getting exercise – any exercise – is good. Athletes and non-idiots know this. If you’re in the weight room/gym, then the whole reason you’re there is to better yourself. You should be commended for exercising whether you’re doing 5 pushups or 500. In fact, you should probably be commended more for doing 5 pushups because you’re breaking old habits, which is much harder.
Keep at it. I think you’re going to be shocked at how quickly you’re going to see noticeable results. You’re going to look great, and you’re going to feel even better. And when Giselle starts inviting you to her parties and running her hands along your six-pack abs, just remember to put my name on the list at the Spyder Room, ok?
Thanks for the encouragement, Age. I need it. I’ve only been at it four days. I’m half-way to my push-up target, and one-fifth of the way to my sit-up target. It’s going to take a while to build up the endurance. I’ll keep up with the jogging, and I’ll walk when the weather is moderately good. I didn’t check my heart rate after the walk. My revised estimate is that ‘around the block’ is a bit over a mile and a half, not close to two miles. Probably strolling along at 2.5 mph. So I doubt my heart rate got much higher than the resting rate.