I am a 27 year old tech support desk jockey living in Baltimore, Maryland with my girlfriend, 2 dogs, and innumerable cats and kittens (she fosters the felines.) I finally put a new battery in my bathroom scale and got a wakeup call. I weighed 347 lbs. That is about 17 lbs more than I was expecting and dangerously close to yet another landmark weight in the wrong direction. I decided right there that I would start being a responsible person and tracking all the food I eat. I found fatsecret's calorie counter application on my Android phone and realized that there is a great community here! I am trying to lose weight by eating like the person I WANT to be and seeing where it takes me. I am using bits and pieces of a bunch of different lifestyle change plans with a big focus on the Hacker's Diet and Body for Life. I'm not giving up on any of my favorite foods, just treating them like what they are: hi calorie treats that should not be abused.