
If you don’t like protein powders, Greek yogurt is a great way to get protein in. There’s also many options with no and lower sugar. If you like sodas, switch to diet sodas or stuff like bubly or olipop. Try to eat most of your calories, some drinks can pack so many and you don’t even realize it.
I’m not sure if you drink, but cutting down on alcohol will help a lot. There’s also so many accounts on ig and tt by gym girlies with so many recipes that are high protein and low cal, fitfoodieliving is a great one. I also like smallersampcos, she does a lot of fast food swaps and she has a really good Mac and cheese recipe
You want to be in a calorie deficit. To calculate how many calories you should be eating, you can google tdee calculator and put in your age, height and weight. For activity level, i would put sedentary unless you are an athlete. The number you get is your maintenance calories, aka the number of calories you need to consume to maintain your current weight. Take that number, and subtract 500 from it. If that number is below 1300, don’t do that