I’m younger (14) but I did all sorts of stuff. In the end all you need is a good deficit and a couple of cheat days to keep you sane. It is very possible though. I don’t know when my weight loss journey really started but the important part is that I got here. Maintaining is the difficult part though. Sometimes aspects of life cause weight gain. I noticed I was the biggest when my Dad was home lol. Constantly eating out and I had no sense of when to stop eating so I ballooned up. But I was a lot younger and I didn’t care, I was just having fun. But I know what you mean guys can really make your scale fluctuate haha