I don't know what im doing

Sounds like you are starting off with some pretty severe restrictions, is eating only meat and greens something you can comfortably sustain over the long term? The most important factor is overall calories. Is 1700 the amount the My Fitness Pal calculator has given to you to eat? The most sensible way to start is generally to go with whatever figure the calculator has given you, and adjust your eating to eat this amount. Track and weigh everything you eat. Eat for health, definitely - meat and greens definitely have some real benefits nutritionally, but continue to eat things you enjoy, with a healthy, balanced diet. This will help you stick with it over the long term and continue to enjoy your life while you are at it,

Wishing you the best of luck in your journey!

That's basically describing a ketogenic diet although there's a lot more to it than just greens when it comes to plant food. Most people can't do it, they miss eating starchy carbs too much and can't eat enough fat.

If most of your weight gain is in the stomach area as you say, that is an indication of a higher carb diet, and a lot of the refined kind and other environmental factors as well, movement a big one, so yeah the ketogenic diet will and does prioritize that visceral fat first (stomach and waist area) simply because it's more sensitive to hormone changes (insulin). Basically visceral fat is a metabolic priority and is seen as dangerous because it's attached to organs, mostly the liver and the body has a duty to attack what it believes is abnormal and clinically dangerous first and foremost.

The whole point of the ketogenic diet is to switch fuel sources from carbs to fat and when carbs are low enough the body begins to burn ketones and visceral fat is mobilized more readily for energy. Bloating and gas will be pretty quick with a few days and if your in a deficit then body fat will be used as well as dietary fat. Also, just reducing carbs will have a similar effect, just much slower, but unfortunately the urge to eat from feeling hungry with higher low carb diets can be overwhelming to the point people just revert back to their previous diet and then say the low carb diet didn't work, yeah hormones are *kitten* that way.

Full disclosure: I haven't read all the other replies.

Congratulations on starting your healthy lifestyle journey!

How long has it been?

On average, people will lose between 0.5 and 2 pounds per week depending on the caloric deficit.

Focus on what you can control (calories IN and OUT).

Personally, I could not do what you are doing. I need other carbs. With the restrictive protein + vegetables only type diet, you need to evaluate 1) if that is sustainable for you in the long run and 2) whether you are getting all the nutrients you require.

I also am not the sort of person who can make a drastic change in my eating habits all at once. For me, a strategy of small changes over a long period of time that has worked. Everyone is different and you need to determine what works for you.

1 meal at a time
1 day at a time
1 pound at a time

My suggestions:

1. Track your food as accurately as possible, but don't let perfection be the enemy of done. In other words, do your best and get this to be a solid habit.
2. After two weeks of tracking, look at the data. Is there one small change you can make to reduce your calories IN? Common examples:
   1. you're eating out 5 days a week —> reduce that to 4 days a week
   2. you drink soda/pop/sugary drink —> swap this out for water
   3. you don't eat any fruits or vegetables —> start adding 1 or 2 servings per day
3. Make that one small change. Continue to track. After another two weeks or once your small change feels like it is no longer a change, then review your data and identify another small change.
4. Rinse and repeat.

We are here for you if you have questions along the way. You got this!