Weight Loss Diets: Let Me Count the Ways. Let’s face it. We live in a society that is obsessed with being thin and yet most of us are in serious need of weight loss. It’s not that we’re not trying. We’ve tried the weight loss pills and the weight loss fasts. We’ve tried the weight loss patch and the latest fad diet. We’ve gone to the book store to find a weight loss book and walked away empty handed,..