Therapy to learn other ways to self soothe. Spend some time figuring out how to reward yourself with something that isn’t food. Expand your exercise to include lifting weights. Every time you yo-yo your weight you lose muscle. Muscle loss means your body burns fewer calories. Lift weights=build muscle=more calories=more food. Give your overall diet a long hard look. Prioritize whole foods that are lean proteins and veg. You don’t have to get rid of *all* processed food, but the more you get rid of, the more real food you can eat. Get rid of ALL sugary drinks and ideally all booze. These have zero nutritional benefit and basically go straight to fat. Accept that the changes you make are for life. You can fix your diet and activity and be fit… or you can slack and eat crap and be fat. Choose your hard.

>I guess I eat a lot as a way of self soothing. I struggle with this too, and honestly the only thing that has helped me is finding something other than food to "self soothe." Like instead of eating my feelings, I'll play a video game and rage out on the mic. Or I'll hop online and start shopping for something I really want but never got around to purchasing. Find something other than food that brings you comfort, and if you can't do that, at least try to opt for something low cal. I also agree with the person who commented before me. You need to gradually make changes to your lifestyle instead of trying to do everything at once. Whenever you feel discouraged just think about how you will look and feel a few months from now.

Why do you fail? Do you get burnt out from running or keeping track of what you eat? Do you live with other people that make it hard to stick to healthy food? Do you hate cooking dinner so you will order out? Do you hate meal prepping or have you tried it? Are you not eating the right food when you do diet so you will binge eat or overeat because your body is hungry? Do you just like sugary snacks and desserts? Are you starting every “diet” expecting to fail? Do you not believe in yourself? Do you think you need a coach or a fitness buddy to help motivate you and keep you accountable? Do you get discouraged at the rate weight drop so you give up? You are in the 29 BMI range. You are still in the overweight category. 30.1 is the obese so you are at the border. If you want tough advice. If you do not change. You will be in the obese category which I can personally tell you is not a good feeling. You will look up in a few months or years and wonder what happened. Like you said, you know what you need to do you just have to do it. You do not want to give up so maybe try to make it easier for yourself.