Name one thing you did that helped you get to you goal..

Honestly and TRULY humbling myself (DAILY admitting I can/may be wrong about many and even most things I've been taught/trained/indoctrinated/programmed to believe what is "good, true, right" ALL my life is wrong, that the greater majority of everything I've ever been programmed to believe (in/of this world) is true is actually a lie and being trained/taught/programmed to calling "good evil and evil good"--that my ways are NOT His Ways at all, it's not about doing nor being "good " it's about denying myself, taking up my own cross and following Jesus and obeying Him in ALL things, not merely things that appeal of my flesh or selfish nature and that actually "cross" His Way, His True and His Life.

Truly seeking The Only True and Living God DAILY for His Guidance and Direction (via His Word, His Way, His Truth and His Life, Jesus) and then repenting (not merely changing my mind about my entire way of thinking and living but ALSO sincerely being sorry/regretting my wrong way of thinking/living/being/doing, for my sinful way(s), being truly sorry for being "self-righteous", self-centered and just plain selfish AND especially for being "religious" and counting my being "religious as SIN. Meaning trying to live for God (The God of The Bible) WITHOUT God at all, just knowing "about" Him, and "agreeing" with Him and His Way, His Truth and His Life/Jesus is merely being a religious "hearer" and not a doer of The Word at all AND is truly NOT knowing Him personally at all.

Once I did that 198 days ago, (Thru/by The Power of His Holy Spirit, not merely my "will"), BAM! He's now truly having His Way in me and ALL kinds of Most Excellent changes are happening in my entire life...not merely weight-loss (I'm no longer obese, now I'm overweight and half-way to my goal). BUT, also the "underlying/root" issues of my being/living "fat" is being marvelously dismantled, one pound and one thought, one day at a time. Like being unhealthy weight wise for so many years, so being "religious" for so many years is a thing of the past and I'm so GLAD it is! This TRULY is what is helping me to get to my goal!

I stopped drinking calories.

Once I learned how much empty calories I was consuming from liquid calories I cut back, then completely cut them out and saw a lot of benefits...

My skin eventually cleared up. I saved money. I felt better (less headaches, no more caffeine jitters, better sleep, less bloating). Plus I was able to eat more food.

I stopped beating myself up when I wasn't perfect. I have a huge problem with wanting to do things well or not at all. Same with this. I would want to exercise 5-6 days a week, or not at all. Eat super healthy, or junk food.
Give yourself grace. Don't talk yourself out of doing something because you aren't good at it yet.

Learned to forgive myself for a bad day or bad weekend. It’s different than not being accountable to myself and my goals. Prior efforts ended in discouragement and disappointment. When forgiving myself became a habit, the bad streaks would end with hope and renewed effort.

I stopped eating whatever I wanted whenever i wanted to. I started moving.
I stopped making excuses, even valid ones. I started making new habits.

Portion control. Learning to understand when I'm really full from a meal and getting a better grip on emotional eating habits.

Logging calories is one of the biggest game changers for me. It’s amazing how much more accountable that makes me. We are also going on a cruise in a year and that has been a huge motivator for me. Finally, heavy lifting and going into the gym with a plan.

I stopped expecting weight loss to be fast. Once I was okay and even felt successful with one pound a week, it helped me view health and weight loss as a long term process. Before I would feel so discouraged seeing such small progress, or not understanding normal weight fluctuations.

I implemented a daily eating structure to follow so whether I'm tracking or not the structure has a built in way of ensuring I hit my caloric needs. I also scraped being a perfectionist. Not only was it messing with my gains it was causing me to stress over the smallest of things which ultimately had little to no bearing on my overall outcome. Lastly I only track my protein and calories. I shoot for my required protein amount and then I let the carbs & fat fall where there may according to my appetite for the day. I do end up eating a substantial amount of carbs as I lift weights 4 times a week. That said a day of a ridiculous amount of fat consumption is not unheard of for me.

Weight loss is pretty simple if you strip away the garbage attached to it via the media and "fitness professionals". Find what world best for you and roll with that.