Well, I signed up and have been lurking. I thought I would introduce myself. I do not remember the last time I was under 200 lbs so for now this will be my first goal. Right Now I am trying to eat less. I have thought of doing the calorie counting, but I have no idea how many calories to eat each day to loose weight????

My scale is digital and is always giving me different readings depending on where I move the scale to. Does anyone else have this problem? Any solutions?

I look forward to all the support I see this site has to offer!!!!!

Hi Lois and

I caloried count but I enetered my details onto a programme similar to fitday to get any idea of how many calories to eat. If you post in the claorie counters forum they may be able to help you a bit more.

My advice on the scale is to, um, stop moving it? Seriously, it doesn't really matter what it says. Find a convenient spot to leave it, hop on it a couple of times in a row and as long as it says the same thing when you leave it in that spot then that's OK. You'll then get an accurate picture of whether it's moving down on not and that's what you really need to know.

Stumbled across the site. Lots of great information, i'm excited!

Hi Lois, There are lots of places that you can go to get the help with the calorie counting/how many do I need. A good one is sparkspeople.com
It's a good site for recipes too.

Hi Lois, I believe I am in the same boat as yourself! I completely agree with the whole "under 200" thing. That's my goal at this point! If you ever need to chat with someone, feel free to PM me! Good luck!