How are you going to do it??

Everybody wants to know how I'm going to lose this weight. They all have wonderful diets to recommend and plans to follow: South Beach, Cabbage Diet, Jenny Craig, Remove all Fruits and Roots (basically cut out sugar), eat nothing squishy or white (I'm not an cannibal!), go vegetarian, eat only meat, cut out butter, eat only butter (okay, I made that one up). On the weekend, I mentioned that I ate Lasagne... how could I not? As also mentioned, my wife makes a lasagne that makes old Italian men go home and slap their mothers... but with dinner on Sunday, left overs for lunch and dinner on Monday, I ate as much lasagne in three meals as I would normally eat at one dinner. Not great... but it's a start. You see, I don't want a diet... I want a change that will continue after I've lost the 30 lbs. So, I'm eating less and exercising more.
Here a few things that I will be doing:
No eating in front of the TV
Including more soluble fiber in my diet (supplements may be required)
Always eat breakfast
Increase my water consumption
Exercise for at least 30 minutes everyday
Exercise for more than an hour at least 3 times a week
Sleep at least 7 hours a night
Eat small portions slowly
No more than 8 glasses of wine a week (no hold overs)
Never allow myself to stay hungry
Walk around the block to my car (I could park a couple of blocks away from the church, but people like to see my car and know that I'm in...)

My other thought is to try Pray the weight away. I'll call it the Prayer Diet... every time I'm hungry, I'll just pray until the feeling goes away.
Hey, Luther had his Diet of Worms... although I don't think it had much to do with weight loss, as he died very overweight. (look it up)

My prayer... God, if you can do this for me - do it. If you're not prepared to do it for me, inspire me to do it myself. Keep me laughing and help me let go of my self even as I let go of the pounds. Amen