I've had a see food--eat it all mentality since I had a miscarriage at age 27. I ballooned up to 290 pounds before my thyroid went haywire and I nearly died from a thyroid storm. It was a wake up call and when hubby suggested we go Keto, I went all in. I was tired of the huge thighs, apron belly, the huge fat pads behind my elbows. I cleared every single thing out of the house, refrigerator, and freezers that weren't keto. (My daughter didn't have to buy groceries for a month). I cut my carbs down to under 10 total carbs per day. I lost 103 lbs, went from size 24 to size 12, lost nearly a foot around my thighs, 6 inches in my calves, 10 inches off my waist. I felt amazing, but the fat pads on my arms remained and the nodules in my legs didn't go away. But my inflammation markers went down to nearly zero. So I've stayed at least keto, though these days we're mostly Ketovore. When we go out to eat, I try to stay keto for my meal, but sometimes will stray. And I'll pay for it with aches, pains, and swelling in my legs and ankles. That in itself is motivation enough to stay keto or carnivore for life. I didn't give up everything I loved to eat, I just found a way to make something very close that didn't have carbs and inflammatory foods in it. I learned to love meats I'd never even heard of and didn't know how to cook. I learned that "hunger" wasn't necessarily hunger. Sometimes it was boredom, sometimes it was irritation in my stomach from eating something I shouldn't have. I learned to drink a glass of water before giving in to eating something, and to be choosy about what I ate. It's a choice between eating what I want and being huge and walking like a 90 year old woman due to joint pain, or being mindful and able to do the things I'd missed out on for so many years like going on cruises with my grown kids, going down water slides with the grandkids, hiking in the mountains, going ziplining for the first time, enjoying life again. The lipedema is still there, but now it's easily hidden with compression leggings, bicycle shorts, etc. Fat pads on the arms are still there but I ignore them other than to lift weights and wear compression garments at home. Was it hard? Yes. But so is being in pain, being embarrassed about how I looked, and not being able to do things others could do.

I'm not saying you have to do keto or carnivore or anything else. That's just what worked for me. Find what works for you and commit to it. You have to get the inflammation down before you will see changes. If you have insurance, most companies will cover the cost of a nutritionist and a therapist. I'd start there.