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The first week of Insanity is a killer, but it does get easier...until the first week of the second month where you're right back to the beginning again hahaha! I've done a couple of rounds in the past - maybe I should have stuck with that rather than trying Asylum, which still appears to be doing absolutely nothing. Belly…

I'm 30 - the age my mum said she found she couldn't shift weight off her tummy either :# I swear if I get it off this time that is it, no more binge eating - I have a completely new job this year, its like my dream job - my stress levels in my last job got so bad that last year it was screwing with my personal life too.…

Thanks everyone :) I guess I just felt really hopeless last night because I got a text last night about bridesmaid dress fittings at the end of the month and I wanted to have lost a little bit by then so I could feel more confident. The other bridesmaids are tiny petite little waifs and I'm tall and wider than them :( at…

Thanks, I'm just being negative and I need to suck it up. I hope it's water weight because I'm been so dedicated with the weighing and logging...every single day!

I weigh all my food - like, everything. To the gram. That's why I don't understand what's going on :( people say "but don't you feel stronger?" Yes, but I don't care that I can do x more push ups than I could last month or whatever - if I'm truly honest, all I want is the fat gone, I couldn't give a damn how far I can…

I've not been inactive - I ran a marathon last year in 3hrs 30 and got my squats up to 60kg, my diet was just awful so I got all my belly fat back. It's all my fault, I'm so angry with myself for it.

That miserable week's been and gone haha! Thanks for the support. I should stop comparing to last time (still have the mfp records!)

It cut off the rest of my post! The rest said: counting calories, in a sensible deficit, tracking macros, not had alcohol, no cheat meals, not missed a workout - not a single lb lost. Feeling despondent

Yep. Religiously. Weighing food and fitting it my macros - everything I did before, I'm doing it now.

Belly. And that's literally it. So I'll put on 1.5 stone (like I have since my profile pic) feel awful and all I get is "you don't need to lose weight" because I'm hiding my flabby stomach under clothes so all you see are my skinny arms and legs. HATE it

[/quote]Yeah you definitely need to see your doctor if you've already been diagnosed with IBS once. I also have IBS and I know that when I eat fried or fatter food too frequently, I have diarrhea problems. And when I eat healthier, I get constipated. What helps for me is fruit and I have a fiber one bar or brownie EVERY…

:smile: I went. I didn't want to, but I did. And I'm not sure about it but I will go back because you can't decide if something is really any good on the first day you tried it, and the perfectionist in me does not like quitting things before they're finished :smile:

I am really grateful for everyone's help, advice and support - it's amazing how much stronger strangers can make you feel. I bought a pretty cover up for holiday so I can hide when necessary. I'm determined to get in a bikini once though even if I only manage it for a bit before covering up...I bought a Victoria's Secret…

Hi - thanks for checking up on me :-) I'm still here hating my tummy! Well at least now I'm actively trying not to. I am still obsessively checking it but after I do I am repeating to myself that it is not as bad as I think and that I have made it the best that it can be. I don't think I'll ever look at it and go "hey look…

Thanks for your support Crissy. I'm in England so I can get a certain amount of help on the NHS. My doctor have me details of local support groups too. It has been an odd week. I put the scale away, and really struggled with that so my boyfriend has put it in the attic because he knows I won't go up there :lol: I've not…

Um, thanks. 2015 is the year I get this under control. I've decided I'm wasting my life you see.

Yep. If you don't understand how it feels it makes no sense, I get that. There are lots of thoughts and feelings that people have that are damaging and make no logical sense.

Thank you for sharing. It's impossible to describe how it feels isn't it, without sounding like you only care about yourself and what you look like - when that isn't true at all. It's not vanity. For those who don't "get it" it just sounds like you think your appearance is the be all and end all and it's not - I know I'm…

That's a good idea, maybe rather than trying to stop logging completely I should just log foods for a bit and stop weighing everything. Then work towards not logging at all maybe. Thank you for your support :smile:

Thank you. :smile: that is interesting. I have no idea how I'd eat if I stopped logging, at the moment I feel a bit like I've lost control so I'm eating all the same things because I've pretty much memorised the macros. I need a better relationship with food, like you say - why do we eat the way we eat? I often wish I…

So apparently I have body dysmorphia. I kind of expected that because I looked it up after people suggested it here and a lot of what was online rang true. I am still feeling uncomfortable talking in person to someone about this but I will go back.

I had a boyfriend in my late teens/early twenties that constantly mocked my small chest, pointed out curvy girls and repeatedly told me he would find me more attractive if I had a boob job. (I didn't, and haven't, but did seriously consider it for a long time. If I'd had the money I'd probably have gone for it I think.)…

Your hiking companion is lucky to have you! You make truthful points in a very kind way. Thank you :smile:

I have been doing bodyweight exercises from You Are Your Own Gym. I would love to have a gym membership and lift actual weights but there isn't a gym near me (I love where I live though, so many walks, running routes and cycling that I don't miss my previous city life even if I did have a gym membership in those days…

Thank you so much for posting this. What a brilliant article.

I have been, and I really enjoy it - but it's not given me the stomach I want. It's given me nice arms and a toned back but not a defined tummy unfortunately.

"flat out" unhealthy :-) that raised a smile!

Thank you. I need to embrace the wobble I think, it is never going to go away! This year has proved that because I think if it was physically possible for my stomach to be toned it would be by now. It is the only place on my body that I have any fat so I guess if I lost it it would affect my health too much. This must be…

Harsh. I rang a doctor on Monday, as suggested by most on here, and made an appointment. Other suggestions involve getting half naked in front of others which, although valid, I am not ready for. My main reasons for posting this were 1) to get it off my chest and 2) to see if anyone identified with me and found that…