50:50 - fifty years plus with 50 lbs plus to lose!

If there's anyone else in this situation, I'd love to be friends with you. I'm really trying hard to lose weight for the sake of my health, but also to get back into clothes and to look better. I'm just into the clinically obese category but suppose I've been in denial about my weight as it's crept upwards over about the last 12 years or so. This problem isn't a quick fix and I know it's going to take many months, at least, to get into a normal weight range. I like to do some exercise but I like eating even more so it's not going to be easy. Is there anyone else like me, who'd like to share notes, mutually encourage and cheer ourselves to success?