First 4 weeks, how to improve

Hi,

I'm 26 years old and currently weigh 153kg or 338lbs. 4 weeks ago, I started to actively work on my weight. 4 weeks ago, i weighed 165kg (364lbs). I want to quickly lay out what i did and am looking for advice if im doing the right thing and how to improve.

My goal is below 100kg and when i achieved that a healthy BMI <25.

Now i have to say, ive always been overweight and i never really tried before to lose weight. I just accepted it. On the first of may this year however, i did a little bike tour with my dad and i liked it.

So i started doing it regularly, 2-4 times a week. From the beginning i thought "if you are finally doing some sports, why not also try to change your eating?", but i didnt do that right away. I ordered a scale and oh well, the result you could read above shocked me quite a bit. So i really started to work on my weight 4 weeks ago.

But enough of the boring background story. What did i actually do:

1. I started to log my calories with an app the first few weeks. I stopped doing it now because its kinda tedious and i got a feeling for what i can eat and i check the calories for everything i buy/eat
2. I try to eat not more than 1800, mostly staying under 1600.
3. What i eat most days: Breakfast: a mixture of nature low fat yoghurt, low fat Quark/Skyr, the HEALTHY cereal stuff and a banana or an apple, for lunch and dinner i eat warm ready made dinners that stay between 400-550kcal (mostly consisting of rice, veggies and some chicken) or chicken soup. Ill sometimes leave out lunch
4. Drinks: My biggest problem in my opinion is that i absolutely love soft drinks. I tried to go with water but that was and probaly still is what i miss the most. So drink the sugar free versions for now.
5. Do bycicling for an hour (16km/10miles) at least three times a week. I tried to walk another hour each for at least two additional days per week, but with work and doing uni friday afternoons and saturdays, my motivation to that is just not there at the moment.

Now this might sound dumb or even arrogant to some, please dont take it this way. So far, it felt pretty easy to me. I was at a point where i ate a lot of sweets and fast food, but i didnt even enjoy it that much anymore because i had it so many times, it didnt feel like a big loss because of that.

Losing 12kg (30lbs~) also feels like quiet a lot to me, at least from what i read so far. I know at the start you lose mostly water/carbs your body saved up, is that still the case after 4 weeks?

In general, im quite happy with the result so far because i can mostly happily live with the lifestyle i built over the past couple of weeks, but im now afraid im underestimating the long way i still have to go. I feel like because what im doing right now doesnt "hurt" me too much, im not doing enough.

Whats your guys opinion, what could i do better?

(pls excuse wonky grammar or words, am german)

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