Welcome to the Good, the Fat and the Hungry. I'm Karla and I have been -- or am -- all those things. Here, I will share with you my lifelong struggle with my weight, and I hope you'll follow along on with my determined attempt to lose nearly 40 pounds. I promise to tell you every win and setback along the way every Tuesday and Friday.

If I hear "New Year, New You" one more time, I am going to gag. As we prepare for 2009, you'll notice that weight loss centers and gyms have stepped up their marketing campaigns. They're banking on the masses resolving to lose weight, as so many do every year this time. I have personally made that resolution at least 25 times but never kept it past the end of January. Usually, a tax refund would end it because of course, I had to celebrate the extra cash with an exotic meal.

I have resolved this year to not make any resolutions. I am excited about what the New Year holds, but my fitness is not connected to the calendar. Fitness and healthy eating are a part of my daily grind. There's nothing wrong with this resolution. Weight loss as a goal at any point is great. The problem are the highs and lows created when you make it a resolution.

Here's how things worked for me in years past: I would always start the year off highly motivated. Weight Watchers was my diet of choice and actually the only thing that worked for me prior to my gastric bypass. Armed with new measuring cups and a scale, I was on my way. I would count my points and journal every day. I would take the time to mark my grocery point values right on the box for ease. I don't know how or why I'd fall but eventually, I would. It was not as if I lost the desire to lose weight. It's just that I lost the desire to stick with it. Falling off the wagon so early in the year felt twice as bad, because I failed quicker.

Losing weight is an uphill battle every day. Rather than making January 1st a huge event that begins the resolution, resolve to stick to it throughout the year. If you fall off, get back on. Fitness IS for you. I am officially changing the slogan to, "New Day, New You." You CAN do it, and you've got 365 chances to prove it. Pick a day, any day.