Introducing myself for the umpteenth time! I'm an old fart named Heidi.

Yup, I'm back. I first joined mfp many-many years ago. I'm now 73 years old and I've weighed a hundred pounds or more too much for years. Unfortunately, for the last several years I've been living in limbo. Hubby had a stoke followed by lots of stuff that meant I was his caretaker and my role was, I thought, externally driven. Now hubby is in our senior community's nursing home, well taken care of, and I need to figure out how to escape limbo.

I need to establish my purpose in life and when asked by the counselor (therapist) what I want in life, well, I want to live into my mid-90s happy and healthy. So, I guess that's my purpose. Now I need goals to commit to. One of them, of course, is losing weight and increasing exercise. Luckily, I live in a seniors community that has lots of exercise programs and facilities and for starters I asked a crafts-group-friend if I could start walking with her. It's hard for me to ask others for help but I promised the counselor I'd make the call and, of course, my friend is happy to help.

I know how to lose weight. Eat less and move more. Keeping a food log on MFP works a charm for me. Keeping track of calories is key for me.

So, I'm back. We get a meal-a-day here as part of our monthly fee and the menu has calories listed for most things so the easy way to keep the diary is to use quick add and the menu figures for supper. Since I lose or gain weight pretty much according to calories in/calories out, in a couple weeks I should know whether the menu figures are close enough.