I want to CHANGE my diet

figure out your tdee and eat 10-20% less, that's all you need to do

No need to cut carbs unless you have a medical condition.

I agree you should figure out your TDEE.

Read these:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here?hl=so+you're+new+here

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/974888-in-place-of-a-road-map-2k13

TL:DR the link right above this one then->http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/975025-in-place-of-a-road-map-short-n-sweet

If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal

Want to lift heavy things?
http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/

Stronglifts Summary
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/560459-stronglifts-5x5-summary

Stronglifts Womens Group
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/4601-stronglifts-5x5-for-women

go to settings>go to diary settings>scroll down to change diary settings to public.........

What is tdee

To make it simple, the MFP goal you get is how much you burn on a regular day not including exercise (this is also called NEAT). TDEE is the amount with exercise included. There are lots of TDEE calculators out there that use a variety of methods to estimate how much you burn with the exercise you do or say you intend to do. ALL of these, including MFP, are estimates based on the average person of your sex, height, weight, and, ideally, body fat percentage. You don't really know what yours is until you experiment.

MFP then gives you the number of calories you'd cut to lose your goal weight per week assuming you don't exercise at all, and then when you do exercise you get those calories back. TDEE already includes the planned exercise, so you don't get calories back for doing it and if you don't exercise as anticipated when you set it up you lose less than planned.

In theory if you cut the same amount you should get about the same number of calories, but with TDEE you will have a consistent number of calories per day, whereas with MFP you will have fewer on non-exercise days and many more on heavy exercise days. (This latter bit is an issue for me lately, but I'm not sure if it's enough of an issue so that I personally will change to TDEE, although many people prefer it.)

The other thing with TDEE is that people usually recommend cutting a percentage (10 or 20%) vs. the 500 calories or 1000 calories that you cut with MFP for 1 or 2 pounds. It's worth noting that if your TDEE isn't that high (mine is about 2200, I think) even a cut of 20% might be less than a pound/week on average, so you can't compare it directly to an MFP goal that aims for higher loss amounts.

(Note: I think you don't have that much to lose, so I'm not suggesting this is a problem, just speaking generally.)

I find it really helpful to prelog - I usually plan my family's weekly menu in advance as that produces my weekly shopping list. Each morning I then plug into my food diary everything I am planning to eat that day - saves me from eating something then thinking 'rats!'. I can then juggle my menu before eating to make sure it's reasonable balanced and within targets. Takes about 5-10mins while I'm eating my breakfast. I build in treats (usually in the form of a glass of wine and bedtime chocolate) Meals out are also preplanned where possible - if I go over because of a family event I won't stress.
If for any reason I don't eat what I planned I can just amend my diary accordingly before I close it for the evening.

While I usually know what exercise I am planning each day I do not log that until I have actually done it

It's all a bit of a faff at first but it very quickly becomes habit and when you have logged for a while your foods are easier to find and you can build up a good set of logged recipes.

Good luck - enjoy a wide variety of interesting food and exercise - much more enjoyable than slobbing out and eating stuff just because it's there!
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I also agree with prelogging your meals for the day. That has truly helped me turn the corner. I think I too often just let things happen in the day but having logged it in the morning I know exactly what I need to do for that day.