Losing weight, gaining muscle, whatever we're trying to do, it's hard. I'm in the same boat as you so if you're out there struggling, let me know and I'll talk at you or just listen. It's easier when we're banded together like 300 Spartans. You're not alone. Tell people the story.
Physical fitness is a hard science and also an art because all of our bodies are different. We only get better by communicating to each other what works and what doesn't for our different body types and diets and such.
@wildgoose back when my dad and i were still on good terms, he took me to see lone survivor when i was 17 and said "don't tell your mom." we snuck a whole family-sized bag of lays in to the theater.