Nope.

I stopped counting macros and started eating just whatever again at the beginning of the summer and I'm slowly gaining the fat back. Unfortunately, there are no shortcuts (at least for me).

If you're focused on BF%, lifting is even more appealing since you'll be building muscle/reducing bf% even at a constant weight.

It sucked, it was hard (especially on a caloric deficit), but it worked.

So what happens? You lose muscle and fat in the same ratio? Or do you keep the fat?

There are people that literally just start skipping breakfast while keeping lunch/dinner/snacking the same. This is both technically intermittent fasting but also a reduction in overall caloric consumption. These people sometimes attribute their newfound weightloss to IF, when really they just started skipping a calorically dense meal every day.