New to MFP

Hello everyone! I may be new here but I am not new to exercising and eating right. Unfortunately, I am no stranger to struggles and watching the scale go up and down (sometimes up more than it goes down) I have joined because I needed something to be able to track what I am eating and doing physically during the day and better yet just someone to talk too that is in the same boat as me. After the birth of my second child I lost all the weight during the pregnancy and go down to a weight that I have not seen since high school. As I get closer to my goal weight it gets harder for me to lose the weight. So this is why I am here and in need of moral support. My goal is to lose 50 pounds by Christmas....so here goes