You have come to the best place. Lots of nice, motivating and knowledgable people. Have you decided on an eating plan? There are alot of them to choice from that you can live with and work with. Challenges on the threads make it fun too. I wish you luck and a good trip to being healthy!
As far as picking a diet, I like counting cals...it helps me to not second guess my efforts..esp. on weeks I might not loose that much. I think I'm going to stick to an 1800 cal diet right now and decrease down the road. I'm going to focus on non processed foods, exercise and getting in that water!