Making a much needed Change

I heard about this site through a friend at school who uses it. I recently lost 5 pounds in the past 5 days. I know some of you may think I'm a walking fad diet but the truth is my body just got a little jump start. You see I am 23 yrs old, 5 feet 4 inches, and as of January 1, 2012, I tipped the scale at 363 Pounds. I couldn't believe that, sure I had known that I was over 300 lbs for about a year and a half, but only 6 weeks earlier, November 22 to be exact I was 350 lbs, 13 lbs lighter. To gain that amount of weight in that amount of time means I packed on approximately 2.25 lbs a week. This was both scarey and a wake up call. Despite my joints always aching and my clothes never fitting, not knowing exactly how much I weighed kept me partially blinded from the fact that I needed to change...IMMEDIATELY. So that's what I did. I changed how I ate. Eating 4 snacks and three meals, also not very heavy, every 2 hours from the last, I lost five pounds in 5 days. Now I know that this type of weight loss more than likely won't continue, but I do know that some significant weekly weight-loss is in store for me. If anyone has any pointers, or encouragement, or just to simply say "Hi" it would be greatly appreciated, Sincerely Making-a-much-needed Change