I had a goal to lose 50 last year. I reached 48. In fact, I was around -46 -47 almost all of December but never officially got to 50. I got sit for a few days and fell just short of 49 (i wanted a pic of the scale), but it settled back at 48.
All I did was cease fried foods, red meat only once a week, and I cut out sugar. I just looked for sugar on labels and tried to limit what I could. I don’t drink soft drinks but I stopped beer as well. I haven’t had alcohol in 14 months.
It seems like 48 is within the MOE of 50. Did you lose any weight this year?
The sugar in beer is mainly maltose - which can be a very troublesome carb. Depending on how much you consume, giving up beer alone should result in some weight loss.