Need weigh loss tips and motivation

Do you have a food scale? I've found that by weighing my food, I was really surprised to see that some of the things I eat are way more caloric per serving than I thought.

They Gym doesn't work for me, I go too easy on myself. I started a self defense class called Krav Maga, its military combat training with the very serious aim of arming you with skills to take down an assailant if such an unfortunate thing should occur to you. Its tough, you train as hard as the men in the class and you build skills. I now go to the Gym once a week to keep my physical strength up but .. yeah, the gym was a waste of time for me otherwise. I needed a trainer to make me keep going to peak my heart and burn the fat. I'm on here 12 days and made this lifestyle change and I feel its working. It has to work if you combine it with diet and challenging circuit training. Cut out all booze.. calories you don't need.

When you are actively trying to lose weight, the scale is important. Obviously it's not a good idea to obsess, but it's a helpful way to measure if what you are doing is working so you can adjust if needed. You don't have to weigh yourself every day, especially since weight can fluctuate so much on a daily basis. I would recommend weighing yourself once a week. Do it first thing in the morning, after you use the restroom, fully nude. And do it on the same day and on the same scale each week. That'll give you the most accurate data. Once you get into more of a maintenance place, you can cut way back on weighing yourself to only about once a month, just to make sure you are maintaining where you want to be

Make sure you are drinking plenty of water, make sure you are logging everything (even on your cheat day...it's still needed data so you can see if you are taking in too much to still have a deficit for the week), and make sure you are accurately measuring the foods you are eating. Also, like someone above said, if you are eating at a deficit (burning more calories than you take in through eating), you will not be bulking up or building significant amounts of muscle, so any weight gain you see on the scale will not be coming from muscle most likely.

Good luck, and remember this is a constant process of trial and error, finding what works for you, and making adjustments along the way. It can be frustrating when you are not seeing the results you want, but just remember that weight is always changing and you can always tweak what you are doing if it is not working. Just keep working hard.