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Weight loss is very easy to figure out. It's refreshing to see that someone actually realizes that fad diets don't work and that healthy weight loss takes some work. Any effective wight loss plan will boil down to a simple statement, burn more calories than you consume. Get a calorie counting book, or use one of the many on-line counters. Then for one week, keep a notebook where you list everything that you put in your mouth. At the end of each day add it up. You'll notice the first couple of days will be your lowest calorie intakes days (because you're keeping track you'll eat less) By day seven you'll be back to your normal diet. Then it's just a matter of burning more calories than you eat.
Weight lifting will increase muscle mass, which in turn will increase the calories you burn by doing aerobic excersize as well as raise your resting metabolism. Start with the basics, Bench press, curls, french curls, squats, crunches, heel raises military press etc. You'll find that at first these will be more than enough.
You cardio workout should last at least 25 minutes of continual excersize. Your body doesn't even start burning off fat stores until you've been at it for twenty minutes. Don't think that the first day you will be able to run for a full twenty five minutes, take it down to a walk when you need to, but don't just stop. Personally I like to run outside in the summer and hit a treadmill in the winter.
If possible get someone to do your workouts with. Together you'll keep motivated and on schedule. Good luck!
BTW there are several posts about weight loss in the forum that have good advice as well. Check them out.
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