Hello

Welcome! I'm pretty new here, too, and am only just finding my way around.

If you can't measure it, you can't control it. I knew this, but I've never been interested in counting calories nor the different amounts of nutrients in various foods, so when I noticed I was overweight I felt depressed that I would never be able to work out how many calories, etc., I was actually eating, nor be able to find what would be best to cut out, nor monitor my progress except with the blunt instrument of weight scales. MFP (MyFitnessPal) has made it easy. The database is full of most kinds of foods, with all the nutrients already entered for you just to click on. In fact it's TOO full, as people tend to add the same food (sometimes with spelling errors, and sometimes without nutrients), so you need to check just what it is you are adding before making that final "click." And of course you can add your own, as I often do with foods bought here in Japan that won't often be available in the US, where most members live. MFP really makes it easy, and you'll get lots of encouragement from people who are struggling with the same problems you and I are...