Welcome and good luck starting a family. I think it is a good idea to count calories to begin with but I personally found it was too much focus on food and it made me hungry all the time. It is a bit of an eye opener to see how much you are really eating so I think it is a good idea.

Counting calories can hurt when one ends up under-eating and loses lean body mass and slows metabolism. That's what happened to me, even though I was Paleo, eating healthy foods, I listened to my body less and MFP stupid calorie guidelines more. FAIL.

I think tracking for macros is useful (especially for someone like me that needs to keep carbs low and sugar minimized) and you can even set a calorie goal but I would recommend setting it much higher than MFP defaults and to NOT put in to lose more than half a pound loss per week (assuming that you don't have lots to lose).

I do think that calorie counting is a fail and it's far more important to listen to one's body which is very effective as long as we are consistently eating the foods that are healthiest for us.

Ok, trying not to freak out here..... WHY are you aiming for 1200 calories???????? Even 1600 is too low with 60 pounds to lose. 3 meals at 600-700 calories is likely just fine. Also, I only looked back a bit but why is your protein and fat (omg more fat!!!) so low while carbs so high? For someone who wants to lose fat you are getting an awful lot of sugar. More veggies, far less fruit will help you.

Under eating is a fail. Please stop. Looking at your diary yesterday and I want to cry. No fat and so much sugar. And not enough food in general. Do you eat other meats besides processed ones? I've only seen bacon and jerky for the last couple days.

I don't ask why you are hungry, I ask "how could you not be?". Fat, protein (unprocessed meats preferably) and veggies are what will satiate you, in that order. Sugar will totally work against you.

I'm not trying to pick on you; I'm trying to help. If I have come across offensively please forgive/ignore me.

"Please dont hold it all against me till i have more consecutive entries than 2 lol."

No way honey, anything we say is to help. I suck at this dieting thing and I would be too ashamed to open my diary. Paleo is my ideal of how to eat but I fail all the time. My family eat well but they also bring a lot of junk into the house and sometimes when I am tired I just can't help myself.

I started light exercise again today after a lengthy break. I work really hard and so I use that as an excuse not to exercise but it is so important to get the heart rate up a bit and I am nearly 60 and I need to keep my muscles strong. Wish me luck as I suck at exercise as well.

No judging here. It is likely going to take you a while to get you footing. I am also just getting back to it and I decided to baby step it and give up one thing at a time. I agree though with some of the above posts that you do need to reduce your carbs and increase your fat.

I hate to even suggest it... but if you do a search for "keto calculator" there are several that will give you an extreme guideline for your macros. Most of us here are not so extreme with the high-fat. I use mine as something to shoot for and miss most days. But, yeah, tailor your MFP guidelines to fit a more paleo/primal way of eating so you don't freak everyone out when they look at your diary.