I can tell you one thing: following a popular diet is not the way to go. 95% of all people on a diet either gain it all back, or actually gain MORE after dieting. Why not do the smart thing and follow the same diet that fitness models and weight trainers follow? If you, like me, really want long term results, and are tired of the diet merry-go-round, imitate the most successful "dieters" in the world!
Tom Venuto's Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle is the best way to achieve exceptional success at losing body fat WITHOUT starving or "cannibalizing" your own muscle mass. These are the secrets that people in the fitness business use every day to maintain a lean, sleek physique. There's no need to "re-invent the wheel", just do what they do!
Think back to the last time you actually took action to change something in your life for the better. It's one thing to think about being slimmer. It's another to imagine how great it'll feel, say six months from now, to look at the new you in the mirror or see the admiring glances from other people at your new, leaner body. You'll be able to look back and see that the action you took today was the start of something you'll enjoy for the rest of your life.
Or, you could just surf off and never come again. It's your body. Give it a fighting chance to live well.