I had one of those scales before I would not read too much into them.
I have tried every kind of diet in the past and exercising and nothing really worked.

A trip to the doctor and high cholesterol/ liver enzymes once made me change my habits, I was off alcohol 18 months then so not alcohol related.

Now I’m just eating fish odd bit of Skinless chicken, vegetables, fruits , fibers.

Yes it’s hard at first but your body acclimatizes to it after a while. The weight dropped off in a controlled manner not like a crash diet and even going to gym way more energy than previously and throughout the day.

I don’t count the hours between meals but I generally eat last meal not too late so I guess most days I’m fasting 12-16 hours between meals that helps a lot too.

Now I swear by high protein low carb diet even though I was a sceptic before.