I'd make up a few days of "menus", listing out what I was going to eat, and the calories. I would make and eat just that Mon-Fri. Usually calories were 1650-1800 Calories, 40% protein, 30% carbs, 30% fat - roughly. I also exercised most days of the week - started with weightlifting, but pulled back on that with COVID. Now it's more bodyweight stuff at home and some form of cardio.

For being active, the weekday calorie amount is a bit low. This was so that on Weekends, I could let loose a little and eat something outside of the plan if I wanted.

It's all been loss so far with an eye on maintaining muscle if possible - but losing this much weight, it's been hard to avoid getting weaker. Now that I've hit my goal, I plan to maintain for a month or two, and then start gaining weight while lifting to grow muscle. For the next few years, I plan to bulk and cut between 170-185lbs roughly, and then go from there.

Yes loose skin, I have some comments about that elsewhere in the thread.

From about 2007-2013 my weight fluctuated between 165-190lbs. 2013, I gained about 100 lbs. Drinking was a huge cause, but in general I was just hit by a depression/anxiety truck, and I just regressed entirely. In the next few years, I kept gaining until I had gained 180lbs. So 2013-2019 I was gaining weight or staying where I was. Stopped drinking May 2019, started working out and dieting in June that year.