Honestly it was finding what made me keep wanting to work out. I HATED really intense or hard workouts when I was starting and I found out very quickly that if I continued to do them, I would eventually stop going to the gym and exercising all together. So I started small, like for example I hated running but loved walking so I walked. And once I got into the habit of going consistently, that’s when I started pushing myself to do more. Also diet has a lot to do with it.
I have PCOS and was pre-diabetic (not anymore tho!) and did some research and found that a low carb diet like keto was suggested for people with all the symptoms I was dealing with. Any time I had tried to lose weight before, I was eating the same things but less and I still had to fight with low energy levels. When I changed up my diet, it was a complete 180. (I would like to add that I am not a dietitian, doing keto is just what I found that works best for me) And calories in vs. calories out