Thanks everyone for all your support and advice. I appreciate it! My mom is a type 1 diabetic and she knows a lot about meal portions and carb control because of it, so I'm thinking I'll get her to help me make up a meal plan (I'm leaning towards the 1200 calories and 120 grams of carbs a day plan). I know my biggest problem is that I tend to get very snacky at night and that's when I crave carbs. I need to learn how to control my appetite at night and also I'm going to start going on small walks a day and gradually lean towards doing 40 mins of walking a day. The only thing about walking here in ontario is that half of the year it's too cold to go outside, and in the summer, the heat and humidity gets so bad, so there's really only about 3 months out of the year where it's decent weather enough to go for a long walk.. but I'm thinking of investing in a tredmill and doing that on the days that it's too cold or too hot to walk outside.

I have a wedding to go to in July and I am hoping to at least lose 10-15 lbs by then. That will be my goal for now, and then after that hopefully I can lose maybe 15 more lbs by xmas. I know the weight isn't going to come off all at once, but I think if I give myself little goals to achieve, it will help motivate me to stay on my meal plan and do the exercise each day.

Thanks again for the replies, I will keep you updated on how I'm doing!