Are you a woman? Most men wouldn't be overly concerned if they were 5'10" and 180. I'm currently 35 pounds lighter than you and would actually like to gain weight.
You've been given part of the story. Losing weight ultimately boils down to calorie intake vs output. However, there are levels of efficiency. If you starve yourself, your body will go into starvation mode. It will hoarde every calorie, because from a physiological standpoint you are starving and your body reacts to that. I would say keep within 500 calories at least when dealing with intake vs output. Even that's probably too large a gap, but it's better than the 1500 or so gap that you've created currently.
There are healthy ways to lose weight. There are fast ways to lose weight. There are no fast healthy ways to lose weight.
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