The other thing aside from my other comments is that I think the first problem is considering weight loss to be a "remedial" step always. If your weight loss i

The other thing aside from my other comments is that I think the first problem is considering weight loss to be a "remedial" step always. If your weight loss is remedial -- you have serious back or circulation problems, you need to lose weight for surgery, etc. -- then you have to follow the remedial steps you are given. But apart from that, people always say "the problem is I lose weight and then when the diet stops it goes back on". So skip the weight loss step entirely. Focus your attentions on not putting it back on, and you will lose weight over time even without doing more exercise. This means focussing on your mood, your general habits, ways to avoid being thwarted by issues with lack of willpower. I've said elsewhere -- avoid shopping for food when you're hungry; it's much easier to make good decisions and plan meals when you're not hungry. But also: cook for yourself as much as you can, eat less meat and more vegetables. I am at a healthy weight (have been over the long term) and part of that is that I used to be underweight due to ARFID. Part of it also is not having a car; I walk everywhere. But I do gain weight and have done at bad times. I have terrible willpower and an enormous capacity to eat sweet things. My main strategy to avoid putting on weight is to never buy more biscuits (cookies) or chocolate than I will eat in a single sitting. Never store it in the cupboards. Never stock up on stuff like that -- stock up on vegetables and fruit and try to consume them instead. And just don't go down those aisles in the supermarket. Especially when hungry. But I have also stopped buying loaves of sliced bread and started buying bread I have to part-cook myself. And I avoid ready meals of all kinds, if I can, apart from soups. Unless you're seriously overweight and it has direct short term health implications, I think it's better to stop trying to solve weight loss for the short term, and instead aim to solve weight gain for the long term. And try to like yourself while you do it.