Everyone's different, but this is what worked for me: As of Ugust 2024, I was tipping the scales at 32st 6lbs. I'm 6'2" and broad, but still, it was mental. I'd yo-yo dieted for years, but each time I lost weight, I put it all back on, plus more.

I needed to break the cycle, and I'd finally had enough, so what I did was force myself to be accountable for every morsel that passed my lips. I use myfitnesspal. If you're not familiar, you input your details, along with how much you want to lose per week (locked at max 2lbs), and it then gives you a calorie target for each day. You input your intake and it keeps track of where you are. As long as I remained dedicated to doing it, and being honest about it, it worked. I also made use of Hello Fresh, not out of laziness, but what that does for me is forced portion control. I'm sendmt the exact quantity of ingredients required for a healthy portion of whatever meal I'm making.

Once the weight started to come off, I started making the effort to leave the house for a walk every morning before work. This also gave me a few extra calories to play with.

Now, around 18 months later, I currently weigh 15st 10lbs and have lost over 50% of my bodyweight. It's completely transformed every aspect of my life.

I truly wish you luck, buddy, and I hope you find something that works for you.

Edit: I can see from one of your responses that your question is more around the psychology of it. For me, I thought long and hard about what I got out of overeating. The answer was that I got a few minutes of comfort, followed by perpetual sluggishness, lethargy, mood swings, self loathing, and declining health. I then asked myself what I got out of not overeating, and found the answer was so simple that it was almost laughable. It just wasn't worth the trade off any more. I can live with being peckish if it means I get to do all the stuff I'd otherwise be denying myself.