I don't consider myself obese, but I do feel like I could be a lot leaner than I am, and I worry that if I don't get on track while I'm still young, it will only get harder as I get older. 

I'm joining this site in order to lose about 15 pounds, and in order to get a better sense of the calorie content of the things that I eat throughout the day.  Apparently, I'm pretty in the dark about that, since I was astonished that my lunch yesterday, consisting of thai food with noodles, amounted to 1500 calories!

Anyhow, I hope to find advice, support, and people who are in a similar boat here.  Hopefully that, along with progress, will be enough to keep me on track!