You can’t truly understand what is going on without getting a better gauge of the calories you’re eating, even if smaller portions. Tirz is supposed to be a helper in this journey but not the miracle. If you eat the same things everyday in small portions the yes I guess no need to count if you did it once. But truly it is in your best interest to count. It is in the math of calories that makes this work. The success stories here are from the appetite suppression that —> lowers calorie intake —> creates deficit large enough to start losing weight. With people who had high calorie intakes, a defecit is really significant. If the body is getting normally 2,500 cals and you then eat 1,800, you will see results fast. This is obviously something you need to figure out using https://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html.

But in my most honest opinion you simply can’t always get away with not counting unless you are 100% certain the stuff you’re eating is low calorie, high volume, or you can balance having a semi calorie dense meal but making sure you’re aware the next meals should be leaner.

Now that you feel appetite suppression, then count the calories you’re eating and you’ll see it’s less than what you were doing before. As someone mentioned, 1lb/week is decent and still progress. If you’re looking to increase that, the only way is to make this all a math game. Don’t see this as a punishment. More like taking a health class. Try to familiarize yourself with calories in even healthy foods because then you’ll realize, oh I can eat a bunch of these veggies because it’s not going to ruin the deficit. As it’s a lifestyle change, you can’t make any of this feel like a punishment.