What is the best type of diet to go on? Mind you I do have baby fat, and a 2year old son.

Eat a balanced diet just les of it than you have been... and get more exercise... Most "diets" are counter productive because people either don't understand how metabolism works.. or they think they can take off in weeks what too years to put on.

Rule of thumb is its going to take at least as long to take off as it was to put on... because you have to make permanent charnges in eating and exercise habits if you want to keep it off.

Crash diets.. (anything that will take it of quick) slows down your metabolism making it harder to take off... and conversely a LOT easier to put it back on and more.

It's a genetic response in the human body to deal with famines... by conserving the bodies fat reserves and do more with less food.