One approach that has helped me with weight is greatly reducing the calories in beverages. When in my 20s, I drank whole milk, full sugar soft drinks, coffee wi

One approach that has helped me with weight is greatly reducing the calories in beverages. When in my 20s, I drank whole milk, full sugar soft drinks, coffee with sugar & cream, sweetened iced tea. Over time, I graduated from whole milk to 2%, then 1% then non-fat. That took about a year. I went from full sugar to diet sodas then found that fresh lime juice and carbonated mineral water was immensely satisfying. I dropped the sweetener from iced tea and added more lemon. Dropped the sugar in coffee and made a go a the cream, but so far, I still prefer it with cream. It'd be a bit of work to figure out how much I might weigh if I hadn't reduced it that much, but likely 20 pounds or so?