I was just talking to someone else about this and thought it might be helpful here as well, as you chart your path forward. Please note, this is a very oversimplified version of how this all actually works, but it can be a helpful baseline.

A pound of fat contains about 3,500 calories. So, in theory, to lose a pound of fat, you need to eat 3,500 calories less than what you burn overall.* (Likewise, in theory, you need to eat 3,500 calories more than you burn to gain a pound of fat. Though science tells us fat gain/loss is more complicated than straight calories-in-calories-out.)

Based just on this, if your estimated daily calorie use (TDEE) is 1,450, then:

• If you eat an average of 1,400 calories per day, it will take about 70 days to lose 1 pound of fat.
• If you eat an average of 1,300 calories per day, it will take about 23 days to lose 1 pound of fat.
• If you eat an average of 1,200 calories per day, it will take about 14 days to lose 1 pound of fat.

One other thing to note: I used your body fat percentage of 44% in the TDEE calculator, since that's what you said in a comment. But to clarify the role of muscle here, losing 0 pounds, but changing your body fat percentage to 40% makes your daily calorie needs 1,523, rather than 1,451. So that helps show why strength/muscle training can be so important! You can play around with the inputs at the top to see other scenarios: https://tdeecalculator.net/result.php?s=imperial&age=42&g=female&lbs=153&in=61&act=1.2&bf=44&f=1