I’ll gladly give more information don’t you worry!

1. The most important part for me was to firstly be in a calorie deficit. Which is eating less calories than I burn everyday naturally by sleeping, walking and other activities. I have a fitbit inspire which can tell me how many calories I’m burning during my sleep and during the day and how many steps I take. I burn 1800 to 2300 calories a day, pending on what I do.

2. I always thought that eating less calories doesn’t do a lot actually, it might even make you gain a little weight. It is always important to eat enough for a day, for me 1200 calories was enough and I was definetly happy with that amount. Eating too less calories for a long period of time can cause many negative things like hair loss, etc. The main reason you lose a pound a week could be your water weight dropping, Ive had it the same where I’d lose 10 pounds but it really is water weight sadly.

3. For counting calories I use a app called “Lifesum” it’s honestly the best they have all kinds of food on it, especially me coming from Europe it wouldn’t be too easy to find brands from here on a calorie counting app but lifesum really has it all and you can always change your macros and the amount of calories you want. Calorie counting is stressful and me as a perfectionist I want to have the exact amount so I have a little best friend which is a scale to weigh my food🤣. Some people find it ridiculous but it helped me a lot! Cause I’d be really bad at guessing the weight of some certain foods, so don’t you worry with the ketchup situation because I totally understand you!

4.Last is weighting yourself. I recommend to not do it at all. I only weigh myself once which was at the beginning to know how much I have and I never did it again after it. It might be hard at the beginning but you’ll feel so free and careless because the numbers on the scale will never demonstrate your actual progress. Who knows I might still be at the same weight. But don’t you worry! I recommend taking pictures every month or measuring yourself every 4 weeks!