Hello from a Kansas NEWBIE!!

Hey everyone, I'm Naomi and I'm attempting to lose 30 lbs. In the last 4 years I've had 7 major surgeries that have left me broken and left to do nothing but recover. Since my last surgery was an ACL reconstruction on my knee which was shortly after a disc replacement including a bone graft and a titanium cage put in (I've also had that same surgery in my lower back - I was lucky enough to be diagnosed with degenerative disc disease when I was 18 when I had my very first spinal surgery) so I haven't had much to do these last 5 years except recover, then go under the knife again, and recover again, and so on. So, after gaining 65 pounds, I decided in March of this year that I was going to lose weight. I've managed to lose 35 lbs so far over the last 6.5 months which I feel really good about, but now I've plateaued. So I have started walking at least 4 miles a day on my treadmill, making sure I spend at least an hour a day keeping my house clean and use my phone as a pedometer to help me see how many calories I'm burning each day. My sister has started a new ketogenic diet within the last 3 months and has lost 19 lbs so far! That got me excited, so she talked me into joining MyFitnessPal and trying her diet. I'm really hopeful about keeping track of literally every calorie I put into my body as well as every calorie burned from my regular exercise. It's very encouraging to be able to watch the progress and stay motivated. I've started a blog and plan on updating it every week, hopefully being able to state that I've lost at least a pound each week. I want to do this the right way and stop the yo-yo dieting that only makes losing weight more difficult. So "HI" to everyone at MyFitnessPal and I look forward to being a part of this awesome community!