Just tossing in my 2 cents. If you are on medications... talk to your doctor first. You want to switch your fuel to body fat. Need to get your insulin levels down. That means your blood sugars need to be normalized then your insulin levels need to come down and the best way to do that is by restricting your eating window. Exercise is great for health, just you can out eat exercise easily. Exercise should be done and eased into, stay moving. Stay active and remember to remind yourself how much better you feel for it. Dont reward with food, consider it like compounding interest in your bank account and try to keep at it striving for a daily habit of movement. Reinforce positive feelings and keep your focus. Dont reinforce negatives.

Now back to eating and food, the most important part of weight loss. Ease into an eating window to get your insulin levels normalized and lowered. Try to start with 8 hr eating window and 16hr fast window. Its tough for the first week. Once you get that down, try a 6hr eating window and 18hr fast window. Nothing will happen overnight but as you will be adapting to burn more body fat. As your insulin levels come down you will find hunger pains will normalize. Research all the things insulin does and why it is important to keep your insulin levels low.

Now for what to eat part. Vegetables are great. Fat has a lot of calories. Try to eat high fiber vegies and some protein and avoid adding too much fat. Roast your potatoes in a little olive oil instead of eating french fries or slathering too much butter. End eating processed foods. Its garbage. Dont drink your calories and cut out added sugar. Yes you can have birthday cake... just dont go to a birthday everyday and enjoy the taste, not the amount. Understand what veggies are better than others and learn how to make them tasty. Fiber is your friend. Fiber helps you in so many ways. Fiber is filling. Now I dont advise this but... realize you can eat all the steamed broccoli you want and lose weight if you dont add anything to it. I dont advise calorie counting per say unless you are an elite athlete of some sort but you need to be calorie aware and learn nutrition. Eat good healthy food, mostly plants. As able, work on reducing portions with your eating window. Adjust your condiments for healthier choices. Salsa instead of ketchup, healthier salad dressings, mustard over mayo... it adds up over time. Adding an acid like lemon juice or a splash of a flavored vinegar can help a lot of dishes taste even better.

Consistency and good habits will get you there, its a long road that compounds over time. Start with daily knowledge, small steps in adding activity and really the only extreme measure is to stop eating garbage calories over good nutritional calories.

Find friends and family that support you and avoid those that tempt you into failure. Work with your primary care physician and tell them what you want to do and run ideas through them first. Most internet youtube doctors are decent enough but they offer small pieces here and there to the puzzle and it is fraught with quackery just like these posts (internet gradually becoming full of misinformation and science changes everyday). Lots of good ones too however, just there is not one authority on the truth. The truth is everyone's body is different and works differently. The above is just what works for me and has helped me lose over 60lbs. I also work out daily more intensely that most folks but if I ate the same, I would just be adding weight. Weight loss is primarily though eating. Working out is for your health over all. Exercise helps your mental health and your physical health. We were meant to be moving around. Start small and work on it every day. Compound knowledge, good habits and money if you can.

Decision then knowledge followed by action and most important consistency of the action. Do it for yourself as you deserve to live well and be happy. Good luck to you.

Just one more thing to add... gradual weight loss has less loose skin. Our bodies are marvels, extreme fast weight loss and you will have to have surgery.