Since you don't have that fancy new bike yet, make sure you can get the bars up high enough when you go shopping. I like the tops of the bars roughly even with the saddle, so the drops are down where you will need to reach for them. The problem is the teenage Lance wannabes at most shops chop the stem way down so they look like the TdF racers, and most average people need the extra stem length.
Keep riding and watch your diet, and it'll get better. Slowly...