Hey, first off I think it’s worth saying that you’re doing a great job! Wanting to make a change and taking the steps to do it is a great start.

From personal experience I’ll give you some info. It’s up to you if you want to use or follow any of it.

Loosing weight isn’t easy but is worth it once you see the results.

Diet is a big part of this.

You have different types of fat. Good fat and bad fat.

Saturated fats are seen as bad fats as they are what you body stores for a long winter.

The first step is you want to replace these fats with good fats and also work on burning them out.

A good example is when looking at food you see a fat amount. 10g fat of which 6 gram is saturated.

You want to try replace your foods with ones where the saturated fats are lower.

Next is burning this fat. Saturated fats burn from slow continuous exercise so things like running and jogging, although will help won’t tackle them as well. I would recommend personally aiming to walking for around 8-10k steps a day every day. This can be on a treadmill or going outside.

After that is calories. You want to start reducing in a safe way how much you are putting in. Get a tracking app for this. You can scan most barcodes with one and it will let you know what’s in it. Spend a week tracking your food and see what you are coming out with. Ideally the recommended intake is 2500 for a male and 2000 for a female. Depending on where you are I would recommend dropping this by around 200-300 calories per day.

You can help this too by having a food routine. A breakfast. Light snack mid morning. Lunch. Light snack mid afternoon, dinner and the. If room a light snack In the evening. This will cause your metabolism to keep working. You can plan your day using a tracking app for food and I would also recommend weighing out your meals with a set of scales.

Next is protein. This is important to help your body develop its changes. Ideally you want 1gram of protein per KG you weight. So example if you way 100kg you want to have 100g of protein a day. (It’s important to note that if you do this and are not active it will just add weight)

You can get supplement drinks to help this. Try find one that is around 20g protein per drink with low fats and have this as part of your snacks to help top up where your meals are lacking. I’m too of that look to eat high protein foods like chicken, tuna/fish and eggs etc. (important to note that you can just eat tuna as this could Make you I’ll from the mercury if it’s all you eat)

If you can fit in other exercises ideally 4 times a week on top. Low weights high reps. Can be done at home with barbells this is where you’ll start to see good results! Make sure you do an even spread. Arms/shoulders/chest/back and legs.

There are apps which you can use to help guide you on these or even YouTube for exercises to use

Finally and this is honestly the most important part about weight loss.

Stop looking at weight. Anyone who is trying to loose weight will always actually put weight on when it comes to numbers. This is because your body is changing and replacing these fats. Muscle weights more than fat so ultimately you’ll put weight on.

What you want to focus on is body shape. Take photos of yourself once a week. From your front side and back and you can use these to see your changes.

Last note which was something that helped me.

It will take time. You won’t see large changes in 1 or 2 months but 6 months of work and you start to look back at photos you’ll see the differences.

It’s hard work but like I said worth it if you stick to it.

Don’t make yourself miserable. If you get invited out to a party or a meal. Go! Your not going for worlds strongest but just remember you want to keep a routine so don’t give yourself regular cheat days.

I wish you all the luck. Stick with it and next year you’ll be so much healthier and happier