This thread has got weird. There seems to be a divide of people. Those who think that weight loss is as easy as trimming down the carbs, going to the gym, and watching the weight fall away. Then there's those of us who have done all of that but lost a mere few pounds if they are lucky.
To be continually told to not give up, to try harder, to tweak our diet this way, or to do some exercise that way is cocky and presumptuous. It insinuates that others are doing something better, and that those of us who struggle are just not putting the same level of effort in. It's an unfair assessment to make. And as
@lucylocket61 said, it's the same attitude that we get from the care providers who think that we also can't possibly be actually trying very hard.
For me personally, that continual pressure to succeed with weight loss despite not being able to, led to a place that I never want to return to. I controlled my weight by stopping insulin and eating the wrong things... and guess what, it was the quickest weight loss that I ever encountered. But the flip side to it was the crippling anxiety that I was at death's door, that I was going to die and leave my husband, my dog, and my family to pick up the pieces. That kind of thinking is what happens when you are continually treated like a failure by health professionals who don't believe that you spend your weekends walking up huge hills, or that you go to the gym and lift weights. The same health professionals also were the first to criticise when my weight dropped but my blood sugars skyrocketed. It was like being trapped between a rock and hard place.
It's taken 5 months (and counting) of psychotherapy to unpick the thoughts and put them back together in a way where I can live life and be content that I will always be fat, but my blood sugar isn't going to kill me.
So please, just take a second before you post about how great your regime is and how it would work for others... Others may already be trying five times harder than you.