Was 266 on January 4th and am 215 today. I’m 6’ 2” and turned 62 in March.
Lose it says I can have around 1800 calories/day to lose 2 lbs/week. I generally kept it to 1500 or less. I kept it more protein/fat based with limited carbs, kind of keto maybe.
Biggest thing for me was portion control. For example. Would grill a 10 or 12 oz steak for dinner, but would only eat half of it, with the rest going in the fridge to be used in the morning diced up in scrambled eggs. 6 oz steak and 3 oz baked potato is actually very filling.
Stopped tracking a week or so ago, but had a streak of 130 consecutive days of weighing and tracking everything.
Having a food scale and weighing everything is vital if you are serious about losing the weight.