Missy you're a star to do the spreadsheet. There's loads of us!
Start weight in stones and pounds suits me with weight lost each week. But I expect some people might like kgs
Plus maybe columns for loss on waist, widest part and bust. In inches or cms.
For those asking how to lose weight when I lost it before successfully it was of course very simple. I ate less than I used to. If you take what you do now and improve on it you will lose weight.
I did fewer calories overall by really reducing the obvious bad stuff - so if I did have a biscuit or chocolate it was one biscuit only or just 2 squares of chocolate.
I had at least 2 non drinking days and 3 days of just one drink
I walked 30 mins every day and often more
I drank more water
I ate more veg
I rarely had cheese or dessert of any kind. Just very low fat yoghurt
I aimed for 2 really strict days a week. About 1000 cals. 3 days at 1400 and inevitably a couple of days when things went a bit wrong. How wrong they went ultimately determined if I lost that week or stayed the same. If the 'bad' days were about 2000 I lost
Look at the intro to the 5 2 thread. Fantastic resources on there about many things but specifically shows you how many calories you need to maintain your weight. Cut that down by 20 percent over a week. And think in weeks not days then it's not a disaster if one days is a bit indulgent, just make up for it with a low cal day the next day.
If week by week you can eat 20 percent fewer calories than your current weight needs you will lose weight. It's pretty simple.
It's just the doing of it that's challenging!
And that's where I found threads, apps, graphs etc to help. They keep your head in the game and that's what makes the difference.