Hello from a newbie!

Hi, I'm new here so would like to see if the site is going to be helpful to a real overweight person like me.
I'm 5ft 2ins and weight 17 and a half stone.
I am well into being morbidly obese and am starting to notice just how difficult it is becoming to do things which we all take for granted.
I really need to get off to a good start, so any help, advice or just simply online friendship would be great!
I hope I may be able to encourage and offer support too!
Bye!