Anyone else don't know what to say or do

All of this is new to me in a way. I just started working out last year. I didn't take measurement, I just knew I was unhappy with my weight which at the time was 215 lbs. and I was about to go up yet another size. As of this morning I am at 179.2. The last time I weighed myself I was 184 and my goal was to get below 180 and here I am. Okay, with that said, I am just starting to really pay attention to my food, I cut back last year but didn't track anything, my big problem is finding healthy food that taste good. I like flavor, gravy, seasonings some of the healthy recipes I have tried were just nasty. I know I have to try new and different foods but "yuck". Dry, tasteless or includes ingredients I just can't eat (allergic to shellfish) and I am tired of chicken. I come from a soul food cooking family and that is how I learned to cook. I have been able to modify some of my favorites to healthier alternative that still taste good (Smothered Chicken less then 400 calories). I even fed them to friends and family without telling them it was a healthier version and got rave reviews. I am pumped about working out, I am enjoying it, so much so I wonder if fitness will change other parts of my life. I thought of trying out and putting together a tasty, healthy soul food cookbook. I'm on MFP because I am on this journey alone, the last year as been about improving self inside and out but alone. Don't get me wrong, I have friends and family but, none who are interested in what I'm doing. They talk a good one (girl I'm gonna start coming to the gym with you) and never follow through, I get it, I use to do it myself. My social life is minimal, I had to let people go, and with all this new energy from working out, on my normal do nothing days I can't sit still. I don't know what I expect from MFP but here I am. Hello