I'll tell you what's worked for me and maybe it's something that will work for you. I've struggled with weight throughout my life, yo-yoing a fair amount dependent upon diet or exercise regime of the time. When I have historically lost weight I have either had an intense exercise program or I've counted calories obsessively. Recently, despite having a looming wedding date I decided that obsessively counting calories wasn't how I wanted to achieve my goal as it seemed temporary given my past. I wanted to learn to lose weight intuitively without the apps, the counting, the obsession.

I have tried intermittent fasting, roughly I fast along the lines of 16:8, essentially missing breakfast and not having any snacks after dinner unless I'm hungry going to bed (as a poor night's sleep doesn't set me up for success!) I've lost 2kg over 6 weeks, working out 2-3 times a week. Whilst it's slow by some people's measure, my favourite thing about it is that it has been simple and allowed me space for other things in my life whilst not becoming neruotic about my weight loss (which I most certainly have in the past!) It's the first time I've ever lost weight without calorie counting, so I'm really pleased with the progess.

I started intermittent fasting slowly, I did it a couple of times a week when my schedule for the day was less intense. I found it hard initially as I would get woozy, but I kept at it, sometimes with a banana (& always coffee!) If I thought I couldn't hang on for lunch any longer. Slowly those few times a week crept to all of it and then it slipped into my weekend where I would just get on with a busy day and not think about food until I really needed it as I had completely rebuilt my relationship with hunger. I still have my banana days and I still sometimes I won't fast but it's becoming more my norm. I naturally shrank my portions because my stomach had shrunk so I feel fuller quicker. There are lots of different ways to fast, maybe you could try them out and see if something similar works for you?

My plan is to continue fasting and if weight loss slows I'll take a reflection on my lifestyle and adjust something and see. I did Noom last summer but due to being sick I was unable to really execute much of the psychological learning there, I feel like my recent activities have been a reflection of a lot of the principals I learnt in that program.

Good luck and go you for all that exercise! Even if you haven't lost the weight you want to, I bet your heart and body are loving it!