Hi, my name is Kristi and I am 38 years old, married mother of one 4 year old. I successfully took off the last 10 lbs of pregnancy weight I gained (though I was overweight to begin with) but quickly put it back on when I hurt my foot and was unable to continue running last year. I now need to lose about 40 lbs. be feel really healthy and be the confident, happy mother my daughter deserves. I have started running off and on again but can't quite get the eating under control. I know a lot of my issue is portion size and I have little to no will power right now.

I am also a big emotional/stress/boredom eater and tend to eat when no one is looking because then in my mind I am not really eating. Whacky, I know.

My husband of almost 17 years is tall and thin - he tends to get the spare tire around the middle but can take it off in a matter of months if he puts his mind to it. He really has no clue how difficult weight loss can really be. His mantra now is that we both need to be fit by 40 which for me is October 2009. But I want to be fit sooner than that.

I'd be interested in finding out what a coach might be able to help me with.

Thanks.