Just saying hello.

I've been using My Fitness Pal since March 25, 2011 and didn't use the blogs until now, so I thought I would introduce myself. I am a 57 year old male living in Homewood, AL. Got a wonderful wife, 2 sons, 1 step-daughter. 2 grandsons, 1 granddaughter, and 1 great granddaughter. Over the years I have put on way too much weight (some due to the great meals that my wife and step-daughter make and I eat way too much of them).
A couple of years ago I got into a contest on one of the local radio stations and lost 51 pounds in 3 months and was named the big looser of Birmingham. But when the contest ended, so did my exercise and good eating habits, and I gainded all the weight back. I kept saying I needed to get back to a healthier life style and even joined the local recreation center that has a great weight room and arobic machines you need, since it only cost me $30 per year with the senior discount. But without logging my food, I tended to sneak in snacks more often than I should have. Then my step-daughter told me that I should check out the apps on my blackberry. I found a couple that I tried and decided that the myfitnesspall app had a better database than the others. The app for my blackberry makes it easy to keep track of my calories. So far I have lost 27.4 lbs in the six weeks. My goal weight is 225 (another 28 lbs) and hoping to hit that by my 58th birthday in August.