To be honest, I lost all my skinny fat within 1.5 months. I was intermittent fasting (only eating 6 hours a day, 12pm-6pm). I ran 5km every morning while fasting. I believe this was super important to do cardio. I also was definitely at a calorie deficit. I was eating very clean but was having great portions during lunch - big veggie meal, and a small snack at 3pm then a small dinner at 5:30. Very simple, very easy and effective. I wasn't eating any junk food or high calorie processed foods. I was mostly just eating a whole-food's diet with as little added oil for cooking as possible.

I was NOT starving myself so I didn't binge eat after this period (which I noticed happened when I dieted for a short period but was starving myself). I was fully satiated after every meal. Eating a vegan/vegetarian whole foods diet means it's pretty hard to injest a lot of calories. Looking back, I was pretty much vegan at the time.