I see this on here a lot when people are talking about their friends and family asking them how they lost so much weight. Most people seem to find this a ludicrous question, since the answer is so obvious. It's easy, just calories in and calories out.
The vast majority* people are aware of the fundamental fact that you need to eat less to lose weight. Even if they are not necessarily familiar with the mantra calories in and calories out, they understand the basics of it. When someone asks you how you lost weight, what they are really asking is how you managed to change and maintain behaviors over time that allowed calories in, calories out to work for you.
*I'm aware that there are exceptions to this, but they are few and far between and often speak more to denial stemming from disordered eating than misinformation.
So sure, talk about calories in and out, but talk about it in the context of how you developed the willpower to track your food. Did you change how you spoke to yourself? Did you use an app? Do you have recipes you can share? Did you start seeing a therapist and/or a trainer? Did you let yourself have cheat days? Do you meal plan? How do you prevent meal planning from becoming overwhelming? Do you input your food at the beginning of the day or as you eat it? More than any of this too, I think, it's being honest and upfront about how you came to change your way of thinking and develop persistence.
Calories in and out is the answer for weight loss. But it's not the solution. Help people to change their behaviors and their mindsets. That's the real answer to weight loss. And that's what people are asking you when they ask you how you lost weight.
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