Hang in there Dark Angel
I am very impatient too...i can really understand your frustration LOL. Changeing your physique is a life-long journey. And your program will be every-changeing as well, as your body adjusts and adapts.
The above comments of keeping journals are excellent. It is cheap and effective, and an easy way to track what you are doing and watch your progress, and to make adjustments from there.
If you have a digital camera, that is (imo) more helpful than a scale. A weight scale will not indicate how your body is changeing in composition (muscle & fat), unless you combine your weight tracking with fat-testing (caliper testing is pretty good). Personally i like to keep my pics the same as possible...i take them every week, roughly the same time and in the same clothes and from the same angles/lighting. Just makes it easier to compare. I only take weekly pics because i am on-season. Otherwise, every 3-4 weeks is probably better (for your sanity LOL).
The REAL "secrets" to achieving your ideal physique is consistancy (not necessarily always the same program, but more as in sticking with good eating habits and training regularily), hard work, and patience (yes, the dreaded 'p' word LOL).
Finding what works for you, your lifestyle and what illicits results is a matter of trial-and-error. I"m not talking about crash-dieting, pills, and marathon cardioing or anything like that----those are never good weight-loss techniques. But having a sound diet and solid training regimen, and from there playing around with things like calories, macro nutrients, cardio intensity & duration, weight training styles, etc. Track the things you can track (like your diet, for instance) and observe the cause and effect of changes.
It's like a giant science experiment ;-P and if it is any encouragement, slower weight loss is MUCH more maintanable over the long term
and healthier as well. The ol' one-pound-a-week thing is good. Losing 2 lbs/week is okay, but hard for most, and anything beyond that really isn't a good thing.
And big bump on the eating every 2.5 - 3 hours.