Laurie. Good news, you have already started. Just coming here is the best start. Yes, you gotta read the book, but read all over this forum You MUST start a journal. Put it all in there, what you eat, when you are upet, or depressed the whole thing. The first week will be hard, it will be important that you eat when you are hungry, eat as much as you need that first week, just make sure it is LC
Keep coming back here, this place will keep you on track