I have always been chubby with a little bit of muscle underneath but back in June I realized I was almost the same weight as my brother who has never worked out and is very obviously obese. I saw the scale hit 344 and panicked. I started fasting three days out of the week. It worked BUT It was extremely hard and left me feeling weak and without any energy. I fell off the wagon, stopped fasting, and rapidly gained weight all the way back up to 329. I decided to hit the gym again after years away and kind of accidentally got into nutrition chasing muscle gains. I bought a food scale that automatically breaks down macros trying to chase my protein intake and casually kept my calorie limit 500 under my BMR, I started dropping a couple pounds a week eating my ass off. I'm talking good fucking meals, I started having fun putting my meal preps together, making sure I was hitting my protein and actually cooking food I could stand to eat everyday and throwing in whatever vegetables or foods I thought would increase my performance in the gym. It feels so easy now, and in retrospect I have no clue how I let myself get so bad. I feel like I eat more food now than I ever have, and I'm eating enjoyable tasty meals instead of bullshit fast food. I spent my whole life not giving a shit about calorie count and now the realization that that's literally all I need to pay attention to is smacking me in the face. If you are struggling with dropping weight I HIGHLY suggest getting a smart scale like I did, it's literally life changing.