I just started tracking my calories to help me loss the weight I have put on in the last year. To motivate me to exercise, I signed up for a couple sprint triathlons. I just started training and it is amazing how quickly your fitness goes away when you stop working out for months.
I have always been an emotional eater. I have weight ups and downs my whole life. I had just gotten a handle on it about two years ago. I was in the habit of exercising every day and watching what I ate. I finally looked at food as fuel for my body. All that changed on one July morning, in 2010. My house caught on fire and…