Slimming world fail- back to calorie counting.

Any healthy-ish diet you try, whichever one, you should try for longer than a week if you want to get true results and not just noise. ( tThat said, don't keep on with a diet that is making you sick.) - A week usually i not enough to account for how your body reacts to changes in your eating habits.

Now, I personally think counting calories is the most reliable way to lose weight. You actually know you are in a deficit for sure. And that is nice. No stress guessing if you are doing OK.

But I understand you are frustrated. You feel this is all too hard.

So, why don't you just count calories for a month without actively restricting them? Get a good idea what you are eating. That way you may notice patterns you can change, adaptations you can make.

Then set MFP to naintanance. See how much you can eat in a day without gaining weight. Get used to set for some time, maybe another month. Add in the changes you thought you could make to eat better. Think about what you can change further if you had to eat lower calories and what you could not live without (in my case: Nobody is going to get me to give up drinking at least two soy lattes on a normal day. I just have to work around that.)

Then set MFP to a slow loss rate. I know, you want to lose that weight, and possibly fast, but a slow loss rate means you can eat more which means you will have an easier time sticking to this.- And, what matters is the end result of having lost weight and being able to keep it off, not how long it takes.

You will have gotten used to counting calories and have somewhat a plwn on how to approach things, so restriction won't be quite that hard.

Set yourself in-between goals on your journey. Maybe get yourself a new piece of clothing you nearly fit into as motivation. That way you can work towards something small and attainable.

And then? "Just keep swimming." - it's not that important if you feel motivated. You just have to continue on doing this. It's a job made out of many small tasks. It takes time, it can be tedious, but if you truly want to reach the goal you can do it.