Nutrition

Ahh the fun stuff, eating. Ask anyone that worked with me while I was pregnant and they will tell you how much I love to eat. Ask one of my former co-workers and she'll tell you how I can make mac & cheese from the box sound like it's made for a king. I'm very passionate about food, so the idea of a diet is not good for me. Luckily that's not at all what Patrick told me to do. I get to eat as much as I want the only catch is no sugar or anything that breaks down to sugar and no bad fats. Sounds hard at first but the thing is you're not on a diet. You are just changing your lifestyle and you can do it slowly if you need to. I was addicted to Pepsi, I would have 2-3 cans a day. After meeting with Patrick I chose to only have a Pepsi on Wednesdays and Sundays. If you have a certain vice start out by cutting back on it. Choose vacation days. If you do this there is less chance of binging, and if you do happen to go a little nuts one day, oh well. No one is perfect. Just try and remember how you felt after the binge and try to avoid doing it again. I did it with pizza one night. I had 3 bread sticks, a slice of large BLT stuff crust, and a Pepsi and felt like crap before we even left the parking lot. Guess what... I no longer have any desire to go near a Pizza Hut now.
Ok, ok enough with the chit chat. Now what foods are ideal for your body?

Raw nuts and seeds, eat carefully too many can cause you digestive system to operate a little
faster than you want. ;)
Lean meats (organic if possible), chicken, turkey, beef, fish (in moderation)
Veggies, only veggie you need organic would be peppers
Berries, organic are best and eat at the start of the day
Green apples, organic are best and eat at the start of the day
Use Stevia as a sweetener if you need to.

There that should get you started.

Good luck with your weight loss goals, you can do it!!