Thanks guys for the encouragement.
alinnell- I wish that it was only the vacation pounds that I had to loose. that only compounded the matter

I'm with you on the chocolate, I could live without it. My issue is cheese. I had stopped bringing it into the house b/c it wouldn't last with me there but now I buy a big brick and put it in the freezer. I only use cheese now for cooking and so I take it out of the freezer and slice off a chunk when needed and put the rest back into the freezer.