feeling hopless

Pic #2 looks smaller to me.

Are you taking measurements?

Don't give up the goal just because the plan isn't working. Fix the plan.

Your entire form looks smaller to me. Sometimes specific parts look bigger, because the rest of you has gotten smaller in comparison.

don't get discouraged, it takes more than a month to see big results. just keep going. don't turn all your good work from a positive into a negative because you have unrealistic expectations.

just let it happen when it happens.

Unless you got fat in a month, you won't get fit in a month.

Don't let your inner dialog get you down, we can be very cruel to ourselves! Pictures can be very deceiving! How are your clothes fitting? Have you done measurements? Also, are you working a plan that you feel you can do for the rest of your life? Picture yourself in 4 different occasion (Birthday party, wedding reception, cocktail hour....) and see if you can engage in all of them without having to white knuckle it through the event. Might be that the plan you are working, isn't working for you. This can lead to binge eating.....Sorry your feeling this way! What plan are you working right now? Also, BMR's on most all sights are a joke, way too many calories to consistently lose.....Trust me, you are NOT alone and NOT the only person that feels your "different" and just can't lose the weight! The plan your working is failing you, you CAN lose the weight with the right program, trust me.......been there!!

I always lose weight in my hips and thighs first and my belly is always the last to go. When I reached my highest weight, which was somewhere over 200lbs (I'm only 4'11") and started working out and lost 30 lbs, I noticed right away that my muffin top looked WAY bigger because I was losing so much weight off my lower portion. It sucked and its still that way but you just have to deal with it. Weight isn't going to drop off the same all over your body and sometimes it will make your proportions look different. Don't give up, work on toning and strength exercises and don't fret over photos!

This is marathon, not a sprint. Hurried weight loss is problematic in several ways. Bad for the body, creates loose skin, you tend to gain it all back... move your body, stay within your calorie goals, and be patient. Don't diet, but make sustainable changes that you can carry on.

Take measurements, and if you must judge by photograph, take the photo at the same time of day, in the same clothes, with the same background, and the same distance from the camera.

well you definitely are smaller. let me tell ya, I wish my belly looked like yours.

Your entire form looks smaller to me. Sometimes specific parts look bigger, because the rest of you has gotten smaller in comparison.

I second this ^^^

I feel like my belly is a little bigger at the moment too but then I tried something on and it seemed looser round my middle

Its difficult to gauge progress just from these 2 pics. Take lots of pics from different angles and try to get some from the same angles as last time.

Did you take the pics first thing in the morning? Food could make you bloat or TOM approaching or have you been working your tummy muscles enough for them to be pumped?

Just stick to your plan, measure and see if theres any progress in another few weeks )

How are your clothes fitting?

My belly hasn't gone down a lot either and its been 1 and a half months (8kg lost). Cruel cruel fate has seen my boobies disappear instead.

But of course your frustrated- esp cause of holiday eating and not getting to do the exercise you planned to do.

If an exercise plan is too difficult to keep up, maybe think of a less taxing plan that you can actually stick to?