The challenge of losing weight is simply changing your life style in regards what you eat and how much.
Most people fail because of the word DIET. They are not sustainable. You must educate your self on how to actually track calories, eat whole foods and exercise regularly.
99.9% of people are not disciplined enough to on weighing and measuring the whole foods you eat. People skip and have no clue how many calories they are actually intaking. Let's face it people cheat and they don't even realize or if they do they kid themselves.
Goal #1 is to figure out your daily caloric intake to sustain your current weight based upon your typical daily activity. From there simply reduce it by 100 calories or so and weigh yourself after a week and reassess.
Goal#2 is to NOT focus on Cardio but to establish a proven weight lifting program. Why? Building muscle as we continue this journey is an absolute if we want to stay healthier longer. When we get older we lose muscle mass and our metabolism slows down hence we put on more fat as we age.
Goal#3 is to be patient!! It's a marathon not a sprint. Stay the course and reassess if necessary as we continue with the calorice intake.
If you want to gain weight = Eat above your daily caloric intake above your current weight. Easy to put on weight but much more difficult to lose weight imo. Once you get older you will find this out. So move more and eat less.
