very long story very short.
gained lotta fat, exercized, tracked calories, no joy.
see dr.
lotta tests.
"dude everything is bad, here's a special diet"
6 months later i'm down from 228 at 33% body fat to 204 at 25%
move faster
sleep better
everything better
DIET:
Ketogenic
max 20g carbs a day
most calories from fat
moderate protein
no artificial anything
NO BOOZE.
TL;DR
stop eating carbs, start eating fat, you'll shrink and you can run stages faster.