Howdy! Just starting and preparing for Weight Loss surgery

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HI! My name is Maria, and I'm using My fitness pal to track my calorie intake so I can lose some weight before my weight loss surgery. I have come to this decision, to have weight loss surgery, because I've been consistently failing at other means of weight loss long term. Right now I'm at my highest weight I've ever been, 366 lbs. I'm 34, and I didn't start gaining till about 10 years ago. Before that I was healthy and fit. at the time I didn't know why I was having so much back/hip/leg pain, and it stopped me from working out much. It's because I have micro fractures from falling (I'm clumsy) more than once and my lower spine, tail bone, and hip have fused together. I'm in almost constant pain, but I am working on losing the weight so I can do more without so much pain. I'm not on any pain medications, I have a very addictive personality, and I worry about getting addicted to them. but if I really need them I'll have them on hand.
I've been married 15 years, and have a very skinny, fit, hubby and he's really supportive though all th is, even me gaining 200 lbs in ten years.
I don't have kids, but I have fur babies! Three cats, Chloe who's 18 and has cancer, I think we'll have to say goodbye to her this year. She's already out lived her diagnosis by 8 months! Anyway, then there's Evie, she's a derpy 7 year old cat who was abused and lived in a closet the first 3 years of her life, so she's been learning how to be a cat for a while now, and has learned, FINALLY, to use the litter box. Then there's the baby, Discovery. We named her that because she loves the discovery channel and when we turn it on she comes running from where ever shes at to watch tv!!! She's 5 and the sweetest most feisty girl. And then we have a Redbone coon hound named Cinnamon, we just got her about 5 months ago when someone dumped her on our mountain (I live way out in the country, in Tennessee. Beautiful here, but people also dump their animals). Shes learned a lot since coming here, and so have we as first time dog parents. She's soooo picky about her food, she'll starve herself almost if she doesn't like what you feed her. But! She's picked up a lot of commands and does a good job of obeying.
Anyway, that's me! If you wanna chat, I'll be around!
So tell me about Your weight loss goals and plans...I'd love any advice!