Congratulations Chrcarlson.
You are being way to hard on yourself I think. Going to the gym twice in the first 24 days is massive. And just the fact that you can see that physically you look better shows how much healing is going on in your body.
Day by day is what we need to focus on at the start, we can worry about making bigger changes a bit further down the road. Try not to compare yourself to others, I know its something I need to work on as well.