Are you aware of the ketogenic diet? I lost 55lb in 8 months on that diet. and the best part is you don't have to do intensive exercises.
From my experience If you give youre body what it needs on a regular basis to thrive then it will have the ability to heal and transform itself.
I am trying to do it the old fashioned way, by calorie counting and exercise on the daily :) I've looked into the Keto Diet and it worked wonders for my one friend!