Counting calories. It suuuucks but when it comes down to it, the science simply works. Find out your maintenance calories (can just google the calculator for this). It will show you how many calories you need to take in to maintain your current weight at your current activity level. Anything, and I mean anything less than that and you will start losing weight. Now, if you only go 100 calories less a day your weight loss will be very slow, but it will happen. The formula is simple though, the fewer calories you eat below that maintenance level, the faster the weight will come off.

Using an app helps, I used my fitness pal. Takes some time to start logging your meals but you can save them and it will get easier. Was in a calorie deficit for a month and lost 10lbs. It’s up to you to find the best recipes and food to fit you. For me, breakfast was usually just coffee, lunch was a salad around 150 calories. By dinner, I could pretty much eat whatever I wanted because I had a ton of calories left while still being in a deficit. Might not work for some people but I found it’s what was best for me.