new to it

My name is Travis and I very new to having to track my food and working on losing weight. I following my girlfriend down this path to help her out and also for myself. I broke the end of my distal radius (my wrist) off into three pieces playing church softball this past may 20th. June 7th i had surgery (of all days my 28th birthday) to put the pieces back in place because the cast was not going to help. I went from very active / hard working (union carpenter) to a complete stoppage of everything. The size and muscle of my left arm was gone in a week. My endurance is gone and the strength in my left arm is gone. Im only 220 and only shooting for a 10 to 15 lbs loss but the recent news of the doctor clearing me for working and exercising was great news that i knew it was now i had to lose the little bit of extra weight and get my strength back or probably never get either one under control, On the plus side to all of this im my girlfriend and i are using Herbalife to help us get there. This stuff is crazy amazing and helps in sooooo many ways.