I am a new member

Hello! I am a new member and my goal is to lose 53 pounds.  I am a working mom of a 9 year old son.  I love snacks and we eat out a lot so losing weight is challenging for me.  I also have very little will power and I find it hard to say "no".  I am wondering howto add Friends. My sister and I thought it would be good to join and encourage each other but not sure how to add her as a friend. Well just wanted to say hello.

Hi Robin! Congratulations on your decision to lose those excess pounds and become a healthier you! I, like you, eat out quite often also and we usually end up at a restaurant that doesn't have anything online telling you how many calories are in your favorite dish. So I chose something I normally wouldn't chose (I.E. grilled fish instead of the veal saltimbocca) and find something on the food database that I think is close to it. I also bought a kitchen scale and discovered that a restaurant serving is usually somewhat larger than the food log servings. I have been here a little less than a month and have lost 14 pounds by taking baby steps. I have had my setback days, but find that it is much easier to jump right back up the wagon the next day and start anew. Trying practically everything else out there as far as diet aids, pills, programs etc... I realized that the key to this is baby steps. How much you fuel your body with foods and how much you burn is the simple explanation. Wow, it took me sooooo looooong to figure this one simple fact out.

As far as friending your sis, the only way I know how to do that is (and you can try this with me) to click on her picture to bring you to her profile page and right across from her name it will say "Add Buddy" just click on that and she will be in your buddy list. You may have to ask her to post a comment here for you to find her. I am not, by any means, a hugely computer literate person, but I do get by on this site with very little complications.

Use the tools, play around with it, read the forums and have fun. There is lots to do here and it is a great community for support.

PS - I friended you to help you start. Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. Whatever I don't know - and that is a lot! - I'm sure I can help you find an answer.