lack of motivation to get started and keep going, the works.

Well, what worked for you last spring? Did you enjoy the activities you were doing? Did you get bored of them? Did your life suddenly get busier, leaving you less time for meal prep or exercise? Did you eat the same foods for 3-4 months and get burnt out eating them? 32lbs is something to be really proud of! Take a look at what was working for you and try to figure out what it was that knocked you off-track. I know for me, boredom will get me, as will a change in a different routine in my life - for example, eating salad with chicken every day for a week will make me want to jump off the nearest bridge, and after the fall I couldn't get outside as much as I had been before, which really dropped my general activity level (I do better with being active when I'm being productive - for example, push-mowing the lawn, gardening, walking my dogs, or shoveling rather than just going out for a run). Do you enjoy structured workouts that follow a specific schedule (like c25k) or would you rather mix and match, or just walk around the neighborhood? It also sounds like you might have made a lot of drastic changes fairly quickly last year - perhaps you got overwhelmed? Would it be easier to focus on one thing at a time rather than everything at once?

Janice, will you please watch the documentary "Forks Over Knives" on Netflix? It shows how you can lower your cholesterol very quickly with diet (and no drugs, mine dropped 80 points in 2 months) and your blood pressure. It's very interesting and motivating. If you decide to watch it, then have questions, let me know. Laura

The two questions that arise from your introduction:
1. When, if not now? There is absolutely no reason for not starting today.
Sure, it's mid-holiday and it's hard, but on the other hand, after New Year we have Valentine's Day waiting bringing tons of chocolates, next is Easter, so what would be the point. After this it's already too late to get a decent shape for the beach in 2017 so probably better to start in October ... Nope, from September on you will find Halloween and Christmas already in the stores ... Thanksgiving is no good starting-point neither ... You see, we have about 364 dates a year when starting a transformation doesn't make sense at all ... only one on which it does: TODAY

2. Who, if not you?
We might tell you what worked or works for us and you will get a lot of suggestions that (in all likeliness) will not work for you at all ... and if you are really lucky they will not even damage you more than your overweight.

So first of all get rid of the idea that there is something like "One-Size-Fits-All" plan of weightloss.
For me (-100 lbs within 10 months) it is a constant process of self-observation, entirely changed nutrition combined with a lot of sports. None of this is mandatory.
-Sports allow you to eat more and help you to get through High-Energy-Intake times (e.g. Christmas) without too much damage. But "Sports" is absolutely useless if you don't love the exercise you have chosen.
-Changing your nutrition (by reducing the intake, and/or by actually changing what you eat) is usually the best starting point for all transformations (Note how I try to avoid the evil word "Diet"), but will very soon become pointless if you don't like to eat the stuff.
-Self-Observation is my multi-purpose-fast-response weapon. Transformation for me had a lot of "Trial-And-Error", SO allowed me to notice the errors faster and significantly raised the efficiency-level. For me it wouldn't have worked without, but if you are more the type that needs a pre-configured diet (E.g. WheightWatchers) SO for you is not required (except for the weekly Weigh-In, of course).

But, as I told you, what worked for me will, most likely, not work for you. We are two entirely different people after all. You will have to find your own way and the best advice I can give you are this three:
1. Whatever you chose: Make sure that it fits into YOUR life
2. The time after a diet is the time before the next. So try, instead of dieting, to find a way that will bring you through the rest of your life. In this regard extreme nutrition-concepts as Keto, vegan, Low-XXX or whatever new label they are trying to sell us are to be seen as what they are ... Concepts, they may, or may not, work, but for most people surely are more a temporary episode.
3. Make sure to have fun while reducing your weight. Don't be overly dogmatic ... one "spoiled" day will not ruin your project, 360 will. So find the way that works for you.

I wish you all the best with your project

You don't have to eat different, just less. I eat the same as my husband but within my calorie goal.