Hello

Welcome to myfitnesspal! I don't have suggestions to offer you as of yet as I'm just revving up, but just wanted to take an opportunity to thank you and let you know you're in good company. The site WILL help, if you use it. I originally signed up in March of '09 but never could track (partially due to no ISP at home). I have a computer now at home and the desire to really make a change (and continue weight lost during the year on my own) and find this site really helps. I got back onto it just last month though, but simply frequently weighing myself and tracking the weight online (vs. tracking in my head) has helped. When I do get to entering my foods eaten - that really helps! I'd been able to lose by watching what I eat, if I cheated I'd see the weight go up and curb what I was eating. But using the calorie calculator is better, because I saw calories add up SOO fast on little items I used to think were okay to snack on. E.g., one sugar cookie during the holidays cost me sooo many calories that I could have used on better meals. When I wasn't tracking, I'd have taken a few days to see the weight increase to know I should stop. Using myfitnesspal I entered the cookie and on the same day knew I should eat no more (especially since I haven't started exercising yet so eating right is critical). I am blabbing and maybe this doesn't help, but anyway, WELCOME, and GOOD LUCK!