I still have mine but its literally a brick . The screen broke many years ago , so I used it back in the day to hack the ps3. Someone coded the geohotz hack into a payload in the kernel on boot up. Oh memories.
Talking from personal experience here. I am a 33 years old programmer, and I've been working on IT for 13+ years. I have always struggled with weight, and just like you, cooking myself and calorie counting are the only methods that work for me to lose weight (with or without exercise). Starting February I decided to diet (USDA guidelines except the diary recommendations), exercise regularly (4 days a week strength training and cardio, a day of full cardio, light walks the 2 other days), and for the first time started Intermittent Fasting daily , which basically means you have an 8 hours eating window for the total food of the day. Long story short, fasting was a game changer for me, cravings are gone now, I no longer feel the urgent need to eat when I see food or when my eating time starts, its so much easier to control myself and avoid over eating. I've lost about 9 kg of just fat and gained 2 kg of muscle, not to mention I have more energy overall, and doing it is actually very easy, it feels like I'm cheating somehow. As for the social situations involving food, that's the hardest actually. I tend to avoid them or I just attend and sit at the table to drink coffee or tea. Some other times I would just adjust my eating window and/or save calories (if I ingest more calories than normal that day, I would cut calories other days) when there is an incoming event. For me, it helps to see calories and macros (protein,fat,carbs) not as a daily requirement but something I have to comply with on a weekly basis. You will be tempted to follow what most people do during the day (mindless eating at any time), but please don't, it is highly unhealthy. And try to move and exercise , sitting for too long is literately killing us.
This is awesome. Congratulations. Have you considered turning this into a book, or a MOOC, or something you could sell? Many people would be interested.