Hi Suzen, It sounds like we joined about the same time and are in the same boat, LOL. I will send you a friend invite. I am 53 years old, I live in Escondido, Ca. And when I started this a few wks ago I weighed 170, the heaviest I have ever weighed. I feel tired a lot, I got the fat part down too, LOL. I had never really did any special diets before this, and have never joined any groups like this before either. But I had never let myself get this over weight before either. Usually if I got 5-10 Lbs over weight I would just cut back my intake, make better choices, and maybe add more exercise. But this time I need to lose 30-40 Lbs and I know with my age it is going to be a lot harder to get it off and keep it off. I have been with my boyfriend for almost 4 yrs now and my diet has changed for the worse since then. I use to live mostly on fruits and veggies with some chicken or tuna thrown in, and very rarely any fast food or junk food. But my boyfriend and his son are meat lovers and Junk food junkies and it has rubbed off on me having it in the house all the time and in my face all the time too, LOL. But it is bothering my health now too, so I need a live style change, not just a quick diet that will starve me, or fasting. I don't do good with starving and fasting, it leads be to feeling way to hungry and can lead to over eating and even binging. So since I don't usually decide what I am having for dinner, and no one else in the house wants to change their life style, I thought that counting calories would be the easiest for me to stick with. Been doing pretty good with it, once in a while a meal that my boyfriend cooks might set me over the goal, or a meal out might do the same, but for the most part I am staying under my goals with food. I have been doing good with exercise too, but I won't lie, I really have to force myself most of the time. I walk my dog the most for the exercise as she loves to go for walks and is good company, and no one else in the house really wants to exercise with me either except her. I also do a lot of house work and yard work to get my exercise, and it's something that needs done anyways. We have a Wii System and have Wii Fit Plus, Wii Sports, Wii Resort Sports, a couple of dance games for kids too. And I just bought yesterday Wii Zumba Core and a strength training rope thing. We also have a big basket ball hoop in the drive way and I have a new tennis racket too. Now I just need to get new wheels for one or both of my bikes. I also dug out my free hand weights set and a jump rope this weekend. So I have tried to find several different things that I can do to change up my exercise routine so I don't get so bored with it. I am trying to lose the weight slowly so that hopefully it will stay off. So far I have lost 6.5 Lbs and several inches too.