It's so hard, the margins for staying in a deficit are so tiny and it takes such a ridiculously long time! I really can't grasp how everyone on earth with access to food isn't morbidly obese, and it's even more inconceivable to me how anyone who's overweight was able to lose the weight?
I've been stuck between 180 lbs and 220 lbs for the last 5 years, endlessly looking for the answer. It takes all my willpower to go a single day making sure I eat right, I've never been able to go more than a week.
The only way I've been able to lose weight is through very restrictive diets, but after a couple months I relapse and gain it all back. I've tried to make slow and steady approaches but just end up the same. It's so exhausting to count calories and constantly power through cravings.
Is there a cheat code? I've tried therapy, didn't help. Quit drinking alcohol, just made my cravings for food worse. I've tried prayer and meditation, hasn't worked either.
How did you do it?!