I remembered how most diets always include the word exercise. I don’t enjoy exercising, but I can now see the connection. If I burn 500 additional calories a day, then I can eat more. I have a step tracker on my watch, so I go for walks. A surprising bonus is that I sleep better and my stress is lower. When I’m walking, I’m not eating. A morning walk means I eat breakfast later, which pushed my lunch forward a couple of hours, so, I needed fewer snacks in the afternoon. My maintenance weight is 1800, 1300 is my number to lose weight if I take around 6000 steps. If I eat more, I can walk more or do some other exercise to account for the extra calories. I space my exercise throughout the day. If it’s 2pm and I’ve only taken 500 steps, it’s time to move!
Once I figured out my maintenance calories (1800), then subtracted 500 calories to lose (1300) and include regular movements, I lost weight, like clockwork!
It's natural that as you get stronger, you may not lose weight at the same level of activity and calories as before. Change things up, use different muscles or increase your time. If you feel stuck in your weight loss, check out this article, "Why am I not Losing Weight in a Calorie Deficit?