This is how I lost weight and kept it off the last couple years. I looked up my healthy weight range, calculated my TDEE (I suggest Sailrabbit's calc), bought a food scale, and started using a free calorie app (FatSecret. Dumb name but useful) to log EVERYTHING.
I didn't think I could stick to the calorie limit suggested by the TDEE calc, so I allowed myself 200-300 over a day and still got to my goal weight, it just took a few months longer. I'm right at the upper limit of healthy weight now and if I got a little stricter or added in some exercize I could easily drop 10lbs, I just don't wanna. The scale really helps to learn exactly what a single serving looks like and make sure I'm not logging the wrong thing. Which is why a lot of people don't see results, they are guesstimating and getting it wrong too often, or they're forgetful and sloppy about logging EVERYTHING.
Congrats on your weight loss! I use my Fitbit watch to monitor how many calories I’ve burned(I know it’s a guesstimate not a precise science) and log my calories and am really seeing the weight loss now after a while of routine and restriction
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