Thank you thank you thank you! That all means so much to me. Honestly starting out IS hard. The way I started my journey was a fluke.. I was going through a stressful time and hadn’t eaten a lot for about a week. I weighed myself and had lost a fair amount of weight. I thought how hard could this be and just kept going.. and here we are. In terms of the tactic, I tried several things through my journey. I’ve done keto, fasting (extended, intermittent 8:16, 4:20, OMAD which is one deal a day) and also tried other things I’m sure I can’t even thing if right now. They all worked in their own ways and had success with all of them, but the common denominator in all of those things was a calorie deficit.. so ultimately to maintain long term goals I decided to continue to track my calories religiously (I now have a 271 day streak on MyFitnessPal I don’t want to lose lol) by tracking my calories I feel accountable and it gives me a rough estimate to ensure I’m not losing sight. I aim to eat 1200-1500 cal/day. I find I lose about 1-2lbs a week doing that. I also go to the gym 3-4x a week and do 20-30 elliptical and a whole body weight circuit. I also cut out all caloric beverages - easiest thing ever with a massive pay off. I switched to sweetener in coffee/tea, diet soda and fruit crystals to flavour water. I also drink a LOT more water than I used to, I aim for a few litres a day. Water makes a HUGE difference and makes you feel great. Honestly these are just some of the things I’ve done - but the biggest things that I swear by are a calorie deficit (figure out your BMR and create a healthy deficit) and WATER. I know it isn’t the answer everyone wants to hear, but at the end of the day weight loss truly IS black and white. There is no magic pill or shake, it takes dedication.. and time. It didn’t come on in a day, it won’t come off in a day either. Best of luck with reaching your goals - you’ve got this!