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What worked for me: Don't have too much calorie dense and convenient food around. Track what I eat. Assume I ate 20% more calories withiut noticing. Get exercise doing interesting things like long walks in nature because it keeps me from snacking because I'm bored.
Worked for a few years, then of course I thought it wasn't necessary anymore and started adding weight back. Starting up again, and really the biggest weak point for me is still the impulsive snacking when I don't keep myself occupied.
Eliminating snacks was the biggest thing for me.
Nowadays on weekends I've also stopped eating breakfast and lunch unless I'm actually doing stuff that day. If I'm just sitting around not doing anything I don't need the energy, I can fast.
Skipping meals might be my next approach. I ate when I was hungry as a kid and teen when not hungry and the transition to a job in a chair and scheduled meals seems to be the biggest contributor to consuming excessive calories.
Going to (generally) one meal a day had me drop weight like crazy. And you can eat pretty much whatever you want when you're only eating once per day. You get used to fasting fast especially if you're medicated for ADHD.