I am 48 and started gaining weight when I was 30. I never had a problem with weight and didn't think about it much. I was always just "normal size".
30 came and life changed. I was more content and life seemed to slow down and because I never worried about what I ate,because it never affected my weight, I started eating more. I am 5'10". My body decided it needed a nice fat reserve and I went from 150-160lbs to 240lbs pretty quick. My high was 260lbs.
In 2018 I decided I needed to fix it. I ached all over etc. It sucked. So, I lost 57 lbs and was down to 191. I still needed to lose more but I lost interest in it. I felt much better and so I went back to eating crap. My weight started going back up. It went up to 240lbs. I tried off and on to eat less and got my weight to stay in the low 230's but really...this is horrible. So, I am fixing it again...again..
I am determined to stay at the lower weight. It's difficult but I will think of it as a hobby. I have hobbies that I put a lot of time into. My health will be my most challenging and most important hobby.

It took me about a year to lose the weight this time and:
Aug 2024 - Steadily fluctuating 160-161 for 3 months