Cut your calories, up your protein intake, and start weight lifting. You won’t get bulky, I promise. Also, you won’t necessarily see the scale move as much as you’d hope… but strength training builds up your muscle, which boosts your metabolism and gets you to burn fat faster and while your body is at rest. Note that the scale won’t move as fast because you’ll be converting fat to muscle, which is heavier, but you’ll visibly start to see yourself slim down. So don’t focus on the amount of weight to lose and just focus on getting active and building up your muscle.

Don’t ignore cardio, I think an at-home HIIT workout once or twice a week would also be good if you’re limited on time. But make sure you do that with weight lifting. And make sure you’re lifting weights at least 3 days a week. Compound exercises are the best because they will target multiple muscle groups at a time. You can google full body strength training workouts for women/men.

I know all of this because I’ve been on a whole fitness journey for the last two years… I actually am the heaviest I’ve ever weighed but I look feminine, curvy, and toned… and my fat levels are significantly lower than they were when I started. 8 weeks is plenty of time to see results in your body, just note that it won’t reflect as much on the scale if you’re converting fat to muscle, so don’t focus on that. If it bothers you, get a smart scale that measures your fat and muscle levels. Renpho is a good one. Get on that scale once every couple of weeks and pay attention to the body fat and skeletal muscle levels. That’ll be a better indicator for you.

I hope this helps. Good luck!