I eat too much.

I know this. I have always had a love for food and an inability to stop when I should. I eat and eat until I feel miserable and then I get more upset for not stopping when I should have!

It's a terrible cycle.

All of this overeating has been the source of my weight gain and the reason my doctor thinks I am someone else. The worst part about it all is the way my clothes are fitting. Or I should say, not fitting.

So recently I started on a journey to lose 40 pounds. So far I am down 5 pounds and am hopeful for a healthy chunk gone this week.

My strategy right now is just tackling portion size and the amount of food I consume.

So that means for me, no more seconds. You must understand that I never EVER had one plate of anything. I have always gone back for a second round, almost as if I am supposed to.

Another thing I had to change was the amount of food. I would go to a fast food joint and instead of having one cheeseburger I would get two. Sure they are the small 99 cent ones but that doesn't mean I NEED two. And you know what, I have found one is plenty.

So these simple changes have already proved helpful in losing weight. Of course they would since I am cutting the calories almost in half easily.

My plan is to continue down this path until I need to really start dieting more. I know if I switch from my current diet to a rigid strict diet I will undoubtedly fail. I must do this in steps. Small steps.

When my plan here stops working, which it will at some point, I know I am going to have to check out the actual portion sizes I am consuming.

Do you eat too much? Check out this link to see actual portion sizes. It's informative and a little depressing.