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 food is simply supposed to be fuel, then why do I always want premium?

When I first moved to New York, a friend of mine asked me to keep his car while he was away on business. The car was a brand new Mercedes CLS 550. As the proud owner of a two-year-old Honda Accord, I knew driving his car would be a sacrifice, but I agreed, in the name of friendship. OK, so the truth is, I grabbed the keys and ran out the door before he could change his mind. I tooled around New York in this luxurious car for nearly four months, my entire first summer in the city.