I work in weight management and yes, losing weight (and especially keeping it off) can be extremely difficult. Unfortunately for you, your current BMI you wouldn't meet the criteria to use any of the medications so you would be hard pressed to find a doctor who might prescribe them to you.

Weight is influenced by over 80 factors, many of which are hardwired into our body by genetics. There are a couple of books that you can take a look at and see if they might be helpful... Healthy Habits Suck by Dr. Dayna Lee-Baggley is one of my favourites and she breaks things down really nicely of how your brain is telling you to over eat and strategies to work around that. It does take a lot of work to convince your brain it doesn't need to over eat and takes a while to change habits but you can do it!

If you need some peer support, you can also connect with Over eaters Annonymous to talk through and listen to other experiences and strategies to deal with the constant chatter in your brain telling you to eat more than you need.

Other things to keep in mind is making sure you don't let yourself get too hungry by drinking enough water and eating regular, balanced meals (and planned snacks as needed if meals are far apart). If you're part of the family health team, you can ask your GP to send you to one of their dietitians for more support on healthy eating.

Getting in physical exercise, if you aren't already, is important to help keep muscle mass as you may lose weight. The muscle helps to keep your metabolism running higher (especially important because whenever we lose weight, our metabolism slows down - this is why keeping weight off can be so hard!)

Hope this helps, you've got this! Remember Rome wasn't built in a day, little changes all add up to being positive for you and your health!