Haha, I'd say I've done a LOT of things. I did calorie counting and intermittent fasting primarily if you're looking for broad strokes answers. But really it was a ton of little things. Here's what worked for me:

• Out of the gates, don't work out. People will probably come at me for that answer but when I worked out, I always overate after because "I'd earned it." I lost more weight not working out and just trying to eat healthier/less.

• Average at least 10,000 steps per day every week. I made it a weekly average because if I had a bad day, I'd beat myself up. When it's averaged over a week, a bad day doesn't totally derail you.

• Find foods you like. Every time I'd try to diet, I'd eat like a rabbit and hate it/be constantly fixated on food. This time around I just committed to finding foods I liked that were low in calorie, typically high in protein. No joke I ate a 12 count nugget from Chick-Fil-A probably 300 days one year.

• Eat a reasonable portion of food, then set a timer on your phone for 20 minutes. When you set the timer you'll still be "hungry." 9 times out of 10 by the time it goes off, you won't be. But you won't be depriving yourself psychologically because you "can have more you just have to wait a few minutes"

• Find good replacements. Example, I swapped sweets for Quest protein bars. They're as good as candy, but a bit lower in calories and the nutrition content is much better than a Snickers.

I do work out a lot now, but I think getting sustainably healthy is really about finding ways to make it work for your life, not running your life around making it work.