Calorie intake

Why don't you count fruit? It's not super-high in calories, but it has enough calories that it shouldn't be unlimited.

@dcatteberry2409 welcome to the fun of weighing things on MFP! To keep track of everything here accurately it is a good investment to buy a digital kitchen scale. Then you can cut off the amount of watermelon or bunches of grapes you intend to eat, place it on the scale and voila! It gives you a number in grams or ounces that you can then enter into the amt when calculating how much you eat. Usually the drop down menu will have an option for 1gram or 1oz - choose that option and then for servings enter the number of grams or ounces you are eating.
You should do the same thing for bananas or apples because some are big and others are small. While it probably won’t make a huge difference, over time it does add up.

I exercise for 30 minutes most days and aim at a target of 1000 calories; but in reality eat about 1200-1600 daily. I often don't count fresh greens but always count fruit - especially bananas, grapes and melons. I can easily down 400 calories of grapes or watermelon in one sitting. I don't weigh every banana - but log each as 130 calories. In summer, I use my Yonanas machine to make fruit 'ice cream.' I don't weigh every fruit that goes into the machine, but guessimate the dessert at 200-300 calories - hoping to err on the side of overestimation.
For sliced fruit I place the bowl on the scale before powering on the digital scale or use the tare function to zero the weight before adding the fruit. I use grams as the unit of measurement.
You may have to search a few MFP listings before landing on one that lists calories per gram. There is a small arrow which opens a drop-down menu under 'How much?' which shows different units of measurement. You don't have to use the default unit displayed.
If you only have a spring scale it will take a bit more math, but it might be helpful to list the weights of the empty dishes you use most often and simply subtract that number from the weight of the filled dish.

I eat anywhere between 1500-2000 calories. If you go to low like 1200 strictly your body is going to eventually get use to that and you plateau. I went through it. Don't go below 1500. It isn't good. You have to change your mind set on weight loss. It is hard cause you want to see quick results but fat loss is slow. As long as your in a deficit in some way you will lose weight slowly. I'll show you mine log I did for calorie intake. I guess im kind of zig zagging my calories. I'm not just strictly on 1200 cals. It's better this way to most likely a avoid a plateau. What I have learned though in my plateaus is regardless I'm still getting stronger when i keep up with my work outs and learning how to maintain. This is my lifestyle change. So I stopped harping on alot of things like scale number and I'm going with the flow.
Also measure and count every thing including fruit. If you are on a calorie deficit you have too or else your most likely over eating..you can not only count half the time.
Another thing as well you can eat any kind of junk when your craving. As long as your in your cal limit or at maintenance. It's okay to enjoy everything. There is no bad food. It is all about finding good balance with healthy food, junk and excercise. You don't have to be in a huge deficit to lose weight. I lost 42 pounds after my first baby and I'm down 23 after my second. 8 pounds to my goal.

I should add. I'm almost 16 months postpartum (august 24 will be 16 mths pp) after having my second. I started cutting and working out more when my son was 2 months old. I'm averaging about 1.7 pounds a month. Which is indeed slower then I would like but i changed my mindset on weightloss. After my first (my daughter)I consistently lost 2-4 pounds a month but I was more overweight when I started after having her so I think that was why i lost it quicker. Im 5'5.5 in height..First baby 189 pounds end of pregnancy
I was 178 pounds 6-7 months postpartum. Decided to give working out and eating healthier a try because I was indeed overweight
I got down to 136 pounds August 2020 and found out I was unexpectedly pregnant JUST as I hit my goal lmao 🙈 but I thought it's okay I will do this all again it will be fine. And it is! I'm so close to my goal and look even more toned then my first weight loss journey because I'm doing more strength this time.
Second baby I went up to 173 pounds , I lost almost nothing after having him..I only dropped to 167 before I picked back up with my work out routine and cal cutting 🙃 I'm now 144.2 pounds. Goal is 136...where I left off before I got pregnant the second time 😄

The point is it definitely is a slow process especially the second time around of having a baby (now I know what people say is true, weight loss after subsequent pregnancy is harder then the first).

1850 plus exercise calories to maintain at 5'5", 120s pounds, female, age 66. Varies seasonally some, but eating around 2100-2200 calories most days. That's actually a little lower than true maintenance, because I bank a little to allow for occasional indulgences. I don't track as carefully now (in year 6+ of maintaining) as I did during loss and early maintenance, so I can't pin it down more precisely than that. I'm sedentary or near to it in daily life, before counting exercise.

When losing, 1200 + exercise was too low, got weak and fatigued, took a few weeks to recover even though I correctly quickly. I wouldn't do that again, personally.