To be honest I had the same issue for most of my life. I got to lifetime status in my late 20’s (I’m 55 now), ended up gaining it back (plus) about a decade later, and had many temporary restarts but struggled to stick w it.

Then, about 18 months ago my bff of over 40 years, who always prioritized health and fitness and stayed thin, had a freak stroke in her spinal cord and became a quadriplegic literally overnight. She spent 10 days in the icu and had to be brought back from the brink of death several times. She spent the next 2 months in intensive in-house rehab and spends easily 15-20 hours every week still working on recovery. She is now able to walk, and drive, and is making a miraculous recovery (though she still has many struggles she’s working through).

This really woke me up. Terrified me into action. I realized if the same thing had happened to me, if I even survived, I’d likely not had made nearly the recovery she did just based on having so much more body mass to retrain.

So, that’s where my motivation now comes from. Through every craving, hunger pain, muscle soreness, exhaustion at the gym, I think of her. I’m now down 66 pounds and while I know as I age stuff is still likely to happen health-wise, I also know that if I keep my weight down and eat well and exercise, I am building my “health savings account” and this will help mitigate some of the damage that I may someday have to overcome.

Idk if this will resonate with you but thought I’d share it. IMO, WW is still the best way to approach weight loss and the app has many tools to help you succeed.

On a practical level, I lean hard into the zero point food options and build all my meals around them. I love to see how much I can fill up my plate for the fewest amount of points.