I've lost weight many times without any exercise. The formula was pretty simple for me: 1) Eat on regular intervals. Don't starve yourself, but don't overeat.

I've lost weight many times without any exercise. The formula was pretty simple for me: 1) Eat on regular intervals. Don't starve yourself, but don't overeat. Typically you stop while you are a tiny bit hungry. The body is a bit slow on registering that you've had enough. 2) Cut out all sugary stuff, chocolate, ice cream, candy. If you live in the US, it might be harder. My experience from living in the US was that it was hard to stay healthy there because 1) Almost all food contains some sugar 2) Served portions are usually way too large. And you buy things in too large quantities. This means you might have to focus on cooking food from scratch at home to avoid the added sugar, and getting too large portions. Don't cook larger portions to have left overs for later. You'll just eat more. But if you are like me and can't be bothered to make food yourself, then buy EXPENSIVE food. This sounds silly but the thing is that when you buy cheap food, it doesn't taste well unless it is unhealthy. Healthy food that tastes good is often expensive food. If you go to nice restaurants you tend to get smaller and healthier portions. I waste a lot of money on food this way but it is just a trade off I've made. I rather waste money than get more unhealthy.