Losing Weight Without Surgery

"motivation is a mythical creature"

I believe this is going to be my new life motto. (Which might sound snarky, but I mean it with 100% sincerity.) Although, I think, for me "willpower" might be more accurate than motivation, but that's just semantics.

I really get you on the "one step at a time" process. I know, too often in the past, I would try to CHANGE ALL THE THINGS, all at once. And, seriously? Who has the spoons for that. As soon as I'd start to fail, I'd fail all the way, and HARD. Better, at least for me, to try to incorporate one change at a time and then work on the next, and then the next.

I have a feeling that there are people in your life who are enabling your eating habits. And yes, you are ultimately in charge of what goes into your mouth, but overcoming the desire to eat those foods when they are readily available makes the process harder. Once you decide what habits you want to establish (or eliminate), I think it will be paramount to enlist the help of others in your family. Those foods that are your triggers need to leave or at least be hidden so that you are not tempted.

Overcoming food addictions is difficult. Many of us that are severely morbidly obese have used food as a way to deal with difficult experiences. As dieting will no doubt be uncomfortable and challenging, having fewer foods around to derail you may help keep you on track.

This is kinda irrelevant, but I'm wondering how you know that you weigh 720lbs?

Even most professional medical scales only go up to 500-600lbs and if you are housebound, i don't see how you would get to the hospital to be weighed on one of those anyway.

This story doesn't check out.

It's possible to stand on two scales, one foot per scale, and add the two numbers to find your weight when you exceed the capacity of standard scales.

I suppose, but...