Yes cut out all sweets and less bread .Drink lots of water during the day.
Have kept the weight off and losing regularly and maiintaining my weight to a steady number.
I hope to be out more walking and this summer Hiking so i need to get my muscles in shape, but losing the weight first then will rampt it up with weights ( small then gradually heavier ones).
I did this years ago and I was much heavier and it took approximately 8 months to get into shape. ( but I was riding my bike,hiking, going up hills etc
I can’t ride a bike anymore due to a back injury ( unless its a Fat bike that absorbs the impact).
I felt my best when I was fit and active so i want that now as well.
Its not impossible as a 63 year old man worked out with a trainer and in the end was muscle bound like a much younger man and now healthier too!( was on the tv News last year).