To be utterly fed up of what a fat blob I am?? (Not even calorie counting is working!)

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God I'm irritated. I'm 5ft 10 and now weight 10st 13lbs (as of this morning 😒).

I look flabby and frumpy and want to weigh 10st.

Before Christmas I was calorie counting and losing every week. Got to 10st 7lbs. It went tits up over Christmas but now I'm back on it - on the same amount of calories (1450) and I'm putting weight ON!!! I'm so frustrated I don't know what to do. I never go over my calories so why would I put weight on all of a sudden? No change in exercise amounts either.

I do suffer with chronic constipation if which the dr has insisted I take Laxido - so now I look 6 months pregnant too. Excellent.

So fed up and actually considering surgery.

Live stick with it, I found I stagnated for a while and I was ready to give up but all of a sudden it started coming off again!

You're probably eating too many calories to lose weight. If you're eating 1450 and not excercising you'll probably stay the same. If you're constipated that's obviously going to make a difference. Perhaps not focus on weight, but on body fat. Try eating healthily and using weights to replace fat with muscle which will tighten you up.

Oh fuck off you lot, someone is allowed to be unhappy with the way they look even if they're not obese!

Sure she is.

But to describe herself as a "fat blob" and moan abouf how terrible she looks and wants surgery?

That's a lot of carbs OP which is fine but if you're trying to lose weight perhaps cut the carbs at lunch?
I know how you feel I'm 5ft3 and I have a certain weight I like to be otherwise I feel big and sluggish.
I tend to not do carbs in the evening (but enjoy wine and choc 🙈)

With such a small amount of weight to lose and just feeling a bit wobbly, it sounds like it might be better for you to focus on exercise?

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I'm about the same height and a slim build. While I know at "your weight" I would be a bit rounder than I would like. I would no way be as stupid to broadcast that I feel like a blob. 70% of adults in the uk are obese or overweight.

Are you exercising? A good diet alone won't cure the wobbles - you need to be doing a decent amount of cardio each week and some weights/strength workout to get toned up.

Your diet also looks a bit carb heavy - where's the lean meat, fresh veg, fruit? Do you drink enough water? Dehydration will lead to constipation and bloating.

I was 11 stone 4 at the start of the year and cutting down on sugar, upping fruit!veg/water and exercising regularly has helped me lose half a stone so far. Like you I wasn't overweight but I was wobbly and sluggish. I feel tons better already :)

I'm 5'10 and 11 stone and look relatively slim and toned. I'm a size 10 so really don't think you'll look fat

A fat blob you ain’t! I am a fat blob, you are merely someone who feels they could do with losing a few pounds. I long to weigh what you do and i am 5’6”.

Constipation is actually a little-known side effect of disordered eating - specifically, starving yourself and making yourself sick. Your original post is already setting off alarm bells considering you're actually a perfectly healthy weight and probably appear quite slim.

Your current calorie count seems reasonable and I would urge you not to cut down even further in a bid to lose weight faster. The reason you are probably gaining weight right now is because when we lower our food intake our bodies go into "survival mode" and start storing fat - but keep it up and in the long-term you will lose weight. But as a recovering bulimic myself, I can assure you that the worst thing you could possibly do to your body is become obsessed with it.

Your BMI is 21.9 ffs - how is that in any way fat?

I'm two inches shorter and at 11st 7 I was a 10 top 12 bottom and slim at BMI 24.5.

Now I'm 10st 5, BMI 22 and 8 top 10 bottom.

I think you need a reality check here.

I think your diet could be carb heavy. Swap the lunch for baked salmon and salad, or similar? Cottage pie is a main meal to me, not lunch.

I'm the same height and weight as you. I can be squidgy and a bit round tummied or lean and toned at this weight.
If you want to be lean and toned, exercise is the way to go. Walk three miles or more a day, helps with constipation too. Do some yoga or pilates for flexibility and posture, swim, heave some weights around, do anything you fancy, rock climbing?. Eat more fiber(vegetables) and some fat, trim the carbs, same calories. Work on replacing the squidgy bits with muscle.
Don't lose faith, you are nearly there.

Sounds more like you need to tone up than diet. You aren't overweight at all.

I'm 5ft 9 and 12st 5 and I look very tubby around the middle even though I go to the gym every morning.,. I would LOVE to be 11st something never mind 10st 13! Weight loss wont improve the flabbiness - get to the gym, hire a personal trainer and lift some weights.

I would give my right arm to weigh what you do, at 5 10" I bet you are lovely and slim.

Are you not aware that when you're in a healthy weight range you will find it harder to lose weight unless you restrict really really drastically?

Stop dieting and start exercising. Try the Shred. It really works and is only 20 mins a day. I promise you'll get better results.

Weirdly, you might not be eating enough for your height, so your body is storing fat in case of famine (truly!!)

I'd switch out all processed/ white carbs for pulses, whole grains and sweet potato. Eat more lean protein. Add in a couple of snacks with healthy fats in - maybe apple and nut butter and avocado on rye ?

Then ..,, Exercise. Exercise. Exercise. High intensity cardio interspersed with weights.

Lots of water.

I think you need to take a deep look at your metal wellbeing. Is it possible you have body dysmorphia?

I get you, OP.

I'm 5'10 and 9st 4lbs and I feel frumpy and flabby too. You're not fat, but if you feel unhappy with how you look then that's a problem in itself. Maybe rather than losing weight you could look at toning up or building some muscle? It might help to pull your stomach in and make you look slimmer even at the same weight, that's what's working for me.

Good luck.

palcum your BMI is 18.6 you you're only just scraping into the healthy weight category. It's a little worrying that you're feeling flabby at such a low weight.

Maybe you are 'skinny fat' in that your BMI is okay but you are carrying more fat than is healthy.
Would be best to eat more calories but cut out carbs and sugar (especially liquid calories) Sub more green veg instead of potatoes, noodles.

Also look into weightlifting - that will help with diet and you'll be a damn sight stronger too.

by the way I'm the same weight as you but 5'2" and look fucking awesome!

You need to tackle the constipation first. Drink only water, lots and lots of veg and minimal dairy for a week