Looking for good analogies to explain the emotional effects of yo-yo dieting

I have a couple of well-intentioned people in my life who just cannot understand what years and years of yo-yo dieting does to a person emotionally. They don't seem to "get it" when I try to explain that I don't have it in me to try one more diet. How do you explain to a non-obese person what it does to you after a while to have lost weight many times in your life only to regain the weight plus some? It seems to me that after a while any sane person would become a bit gun-shy about trying again. Kinda like that old joke, "Hey doc, it hurts when I do this" -- "Well, stop doing that!" I know there has to be a way to explain this so that the proverbial lightbulb will come on, even if only for a few moments!

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