Getting Ready for Jan. 1st

Today is the 28th of December, 2009. I am 59 years old and obese. I make myself sick just looking at myself in the mirror and that has to be taken care of. As of January 1st, 2010 I am going to try and get rid of this excess weight. I don't know why I have gained all this weight in the past 12 years but it is killing me. I have quit smoking , enrolled in college and now is time to do take care of the final problem. It seems that when I have my "down " time in the evening, that is when I have the most problem with eating. I feel like I need to have something to snack on when I am watching TV or reading. I think that I am going to try and stick with the Atkins diet for a while just until I can get myself off the sweets. That seems to be my downfall....I love anything sweet. I don't understand it but I will eat something even if I am so full that I feel like I am going to burst. Must be a mental thing going on but I am going to try and beat it. Need prayers.