I'm not naming this

First off: This post is both personal AND informational (in regards to losing weight)  so please skip to the "Tips" section if you want to skip the personal part! 

Anyway...

I am planning on studying to become a Health Coach and then going to college/university to become a Registered Dietitian and then Herbalist and Alternative Doctor...

It is a lot, and will probably take me anywhere from 5 to 15 years to complete everything but I am determined! In my research I have even found some great ways to help you lose weight...

TIPS SECTION:

• Your lifestyle, happiness, stress levels, spiritual standing (if your at peace or not), and even love life all have more effect on your overall health and weight than your diet does. 
• No diet in existence will work for every single person, what may help me lose 50 pounds in a mere month could only allow you to lose 2 or even make you gain weight. Find what suits and works for your individual needs and your own body. You know what makes you bloated, gassy, and feel guilty/fat/sick/heavy... and you know what makes you feel strong, thin, light etc. so use that knowledge to help you.
• You do not lose weight long-term on any diet, you have to make a lifestyle change. A lifestyle change means getting rid of processed foods or meat or candy or coffee (et cetra) forever not just for a week or two; a lifestyle change means be more active in everything you do (taking the stairs, riding your bike etc.) for your health not just for weight loss and keeping this behaviour up for the rest of your life NOT just for this week while your on a higher calorie diet or this month because last month you did really bad.
• Get this through your head: There is NO magical diet, surgery or pill, there is NO magical tip or workout video, there is NO magical ANYTHING that will make you lose your weight effortlessly, quickly and without any sacrifices on your part. You MUST change your ways if you want to lose weight and stop being such a stubborn dork, you got yourself to where you are, you know how long it took you to put on that weight so why would it only take you a day or two to get it off and why should it be easy to get it off? 
• If you specifically avoid carbs/dairy/all sugars/all fats/all proteins and so on and yet you still are not losing weight, there is probably a reason. THAT DOES NOT WORK FOR YOU! I do not care if it worked for Miranda Kerr or even if it made Rosanne Barr drop the weight, you are not them and it is not going to make you skinny! You need to write everything you like, and everything you normally eat, and everything you eat day-to-day...this will help you figure out what you need to change (or what you can change) so you can slowly try to find the right foods for your body so you can lose weight. 
• There is a saying: You are what you eat. That is to say if you eat crap you will feel like crap. If you cannot name the ingredients just by looking at what you are eating then you should not be putting that trash into your body. 

Workouts for beginners:

• Elliptical at 80% resistance
• Stationary bike at level 5
• Treadmill 1.0 incline, 3.5 MPH with 4lb weights in both hands

If you are sore then stretch, if you are in pain then DO NOT WORKOUT until the pain is completely gone, this is your body trying to build and heal your muscles to make you stronger.

IF YOU ARE NOT raising the resistance, speed or pushing yourself harder/longer for each workout than the last time you went to the gym then you WILL NOT build endurance, strength and the workout will never get easier. 

IF you are building endurance than the higher resistance will be easier to do for longer periods of time, meaning you will be burning TONS of calories in no time at all. 

• Stretch AFTER working out and warm-up BEFORE your workouts
• Unless you are having a protein shake (30 minutes before the workout) you need to:
• Eat AFTER you workout, not before 
• workout in the MORNING so your metabolism is working and sped up all day