First off Congrats on the baby. I seen on your profile that took a lot of hard work and time. I sure the baby is worth it. I hope all is well with your baby.

For me I started slow. I wrote down everything that I ate and went onto a website to record it. I didn't change my eating habits at first . I just wanted to see what I was eating and how much. I found sparkpeople very helpful. I found out I actually wasn't eating enough and my body thought that it was starving so it held on to everything that I was eating .I had to eat more . (everyone is different)Then I seen that I got more calories from soda then I did food. So I start slow by cutting one can of soda out of my diet and added water to replace that. I did it real slow so I didn't feel deprived. I did that over a months time. I didn't see any weight loss at first but I did feel better.

So after I cut out most of the soda from my diet. I started eating breakfast . Which was a big thing for me because I haven't ate breakfast since I was a young teen. I lost 6 pounds in 2 weeks just from that. Then I read that if you don't drink enough water your body stores that 2 because it needs so much water for everyday things. I started drinking 2 more cups of water everyday of one week . I seen that the weight was coming off and I felt better. Then I slowly up the water. I am now up 2 gallon a day. That is where I am staying. I read that you need to drink about half your body weight in water everyday. So if you weigh 200 pounds you need to drink 100 ozs of water. You go to the bathroom a lot but it's worth it.

After that I started to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables. I cut out the can stuff and now only eat fresh or frozen. The can stuff has way to much sodium which will also make your body hold onto the water.

I have tried different foods to see what I like and what I don't like . I've tried the egg beaters and I like them better than real eggs. I like to eat them as a omelet. I put tomatoes , mushrooms, bell peppers and onions in them with 1/4 cup of low fat cheese. I switch all my dairy products to low fat and some to fat free. Of course do it slow so you don't feel deprived and the food don't taste nasty to you. I don't eat bacon much but I went from regular bacon to 40% less fat. Now I eat turkey bacon. I stopped using ground hamburger and now use ground turkey but you have to be careful with that. Some have a lot of fat in them because they grind up the skin with it. I found some with a much as 12 grams of fat per serving. I buy Jenny-o extra lean it has 1.5 grams of fat in it. Oh yeah measure everything. So far I have lost 28 pounds.