I wasn't part of this but you wanted positives, and I do have one.
I read somewhere about a fasting type "diet". I put it in quotes because it's not honestly a diet, you eat what you like, but you don't eat anything past a certain time. For myself, it's 8pm. It works great for me. I usually eat dinner around 6 or 7, so there's no time for dessert or midnight snacks.
It's shrinking my stomach capacity, and I cannot eat as much as I used to. Therefore less calorie intake, therefore eventual weight loss. I've only been doing it about two weeks now, so no noticeable changes yet.