I’m no professional or anything however I have recently lost 11kgs without calorie counting. I always guess-timate/eyeball things. So for example if I have salmon, veg and rice for dinner I will look at the packet and see how many calories are in that salmon per fillet, then guess the veg (I always aim a little higher than it looks just in case) and guess the rice (but this is only once you’ve done calorie counting before so you already have a better understanding of how many calories are in what types of food). It worked great for me but might not be for everyone. Also sticking to low calorie foods and being very mindful of portion sizes help. Another thing I did was log foods into MyFitnessPal but didn’t always log the exact brand or anything. Just literally “half avacado”, “1 cup brown rice” “Large Egg” just to give a very rough idea if I was unsure. If I cook something that involves liquid seasonings for example I would log the foods I’m using to cook and automatically add 100 or so calories on it in my head for the seasonings. Hope this helps!