Here is what I recently started doing after fits and starts to get into better shape over the years. Losing weight is relatively easy. Keeping it off long term

Here is what I recently started doing after fits and starts to get into better shape over the years. Losing weight is relatively easy. Keeping it off long term is hard. So instead of trying to be small, I've started to embrace the fact that I am a larger person whose body wants to be on the larger side. I started lifting really heavy weights, focusing more on adding muscle and gaining strength and a lot less on weight. I'm doing the Starting Strength program, which is a basic power lifting program. I started in early May at around 240 at 6'1. I'm now about 236, so a little bit of gradual weight loss, but I've dropped a lot of fat and added on muscle. I am trying to make sure I eat healthy and clean, but don't do calories counting or anything like that. The other benefit of power lifting is that it requires you to take care of yourself in other parts of your life. You must get good sleep. The more, the better. Otherwise, your body can't require from all of the stress. You also need to eat good foods to help your body recover from muscle tears and add on new muscle. I can understand the allure of mostly focusing on calorie counting as technically just eating less doesn't require additional time, but I have found the 3x 1-1.5 hour lifting sessions well worth it. I feel and look a lot better. Also, the focus and commitment required to do power lifting well spills over to the rest of your life. I'll provide an update after six months.