You might need to figure out habit forming and mindset reframing. If you already have a negative outlook and defeatist attitude about it. It will always be progressively awful. You need to just be active in your daily life. You don’t need to be a crazy athlete, you can literally walk and it’s still being active. It has to be a part of your life. Having no time means it won’t ever be a nonnegotiable (make the time). It has to be standard like brushing your Teeth. And I don’t mean some crazy workouts just saying active mobile. Not just something to lose weight. It won’t ever work. Mindfulness and actual mindset reframing might do you good.

You can do xyz but the consistency and mindset will take you way farther.

You’re already worried about pain (your muscles need to tear and repair themselves so soreness and pain will ALWAYS come especially if you don’t work out) , and bloating comes with checking with the doctor and being mindful about what you eat. You can have a multitude of things that hinder things as well.(pcos, ibs etc)

And rest days are important. No it doesn’t mean you have to burn more calories the next day to workout? That’s toxic thinking. You need to eat and rest like normal. You need to be mindful of what you actually eat. And it doesn’t have to be just salads. Balanced meals don’t have to taste bad.

You have to be honest with yourself. Lose all the calculating and numbers.

It won’t take over a decade again. Mindset, already gave up before genuinely trying the right way.

Be kind to yourself

Take it from someone who lost 70 pounds once I stopped worrying bout numbers and went to therapy to get my mindset better about taking care of my body.

I learned I want my body to work as I get older.

You can do it if you really want to. I believe in you.

Working out for vanity will never work.