Dead serious. Please help me.

Well the greatest thing I found out....is to be honest....an first seek medical advice an stick to it...u can do it

I get a mental block when I get close to my goal. Then I gain it back. Then I re-lose it. Then this time I found out I had a cartilage tear in my hip and I had to get surgery to repair it. While waiting for surgery, I gained 30 lbs. I'm finally cleared for activity, so I need some motivation, too. Let's do it together!! I'll add you!

Hi there. These guys are right, no one can make you do it, so maybe a good place to start would be spending some time understanding what it is that makes you gain the weight.
For me it was a number of things: I love food!! And I eat when I'm bored. So now that I've identified some of the issues, I'm thinking about how I need to change my mindset. I'm always going to love food but now I'm making better choices. And when I'm bored instead of turning to food, I'm looking to other things to fill the gap. It's still early days yet but the fact that I'm getting to the heart of the issue rather than just sticking myself on a diet to lose some weight has gotta be a huge positive. We can be our worse enemies when trying to face up to our issues but I really hope that you find the thing that works for you ☺

This is going to be long, so get comfortable! As others have said, motivation comes from within. No one can give you motivation you have to find it for yourself. You can, however, be inspired by others' motivation. Look at the success stories in these forums, make a list of the reasons you want to lose/maintain your weight, post it somewhere you can see it every day and refer to it when you feel yourself slipping. Many here will tell you that rather than needing motivation, you need commitment and dedication. When motivation wears down, commitment and dedication will often take over and get you through the tough times.

You have already lost and regained 70 pounds, so you know what it takes to make weight loss happen. Sometimes that is actually worse, though, because you start remembering the negative aspects rather than the positive. Instead of thinking about this being about losing a certain number of pounds, look at this as changing your life for the better. You're making changes to ensure your health stays as good as it can for as long as it can.

With that in mind: Babysteps! Start slow. You don't need to remake your entire life in one day, week or month. Make little changes and keep doing those things until they become habit then add another change. Right now, that change should be getting into the habit of weighing and measuring your food and logging every single thing you eat and drink; everything down to chewing gum and vitamins. You don't need to change what you're eating or how much you're eating yet, just log it all and be brutally honest with yourself. You may not like what you're seeing but you'll learn a lot more if you can correlate what you're eating, with how many calories it contains.

If you don't own a kitchen scale, buy one and use it. Most food should be weighed, not measured, even salad dressing and peanut butter packaging gives servings in grams which is a metric unit of weight. If you're inaccurate with your logging your results will not be what you think they should be.

After a week or so of logging, look back over your diary and figure out where you can make some substitutions that will have big impact. Smaller portions at meals. Swapping one or two sweetened drinks with water or something zero calorie. Strive to stay at or just under the calorie goal MFP sets for you every single day. Don't worry about sugar, carbs, fat and protein for now. Once you get logging and staying under your calorie goal you can focus on those things including figuring out your TDEE, BMR, etc.

Exercise isn't needed for weight loss but it's important for fitness and overall health. Don't join a gym right away (babysteps!) just start moving more. Park at the back of the parking lot, take the stairs instead of the elevator, walk on your breaks at work, use the bathroom that's furthest from your work space. Later, find an exercise activity that you like whether that's walking, running, swimming, biking, Zumba, or whatever. If you like it you'll be more likely to stick with it. Working out shouldn't be something you dread each day nor is it punishment for eating.

Consider strength training right from the start, it has huge benefits. You'll not only lose more fat but your metabolism will be higher. Maintaining muscle is much easier than building new muscle and your body has built up extra to carry your excess weight. If you can keep most of the muscle you already have while losing fat, you're going to look amazing when you get to your goal weight!

Take "before" pictures so you can better judge your progress visually. Results on the measuring tape are more important than those on the bathroom scale. Measure your chest, waist, hips, thighs and any other body part you want to track and start recording them in MFP now. When the scale isn't moving your body might still be shrinking especially if you're lifting weights.

The most important thing right now is that what you're doing is sustainable. You shouldn't be trying to reach an end goal weight but changing your eating habits for life so you don't gain the weight back. That means that whichever way you're eating while you lose weight should be the way you plan to eat once you reach your goal, just a little more of it.

I'd go see someone in conjuction with others tips. Honestly it seems more of a mental game than anything. Try ho see someone to talk through your psychological relationship with food and nutrition.
Honestly until u deal with this you will always yo yo. And u can't get it from MFP members. Do it.vtaje control. You can.