Anyone else just so fed about persistent extra weight?

[Meagainalready]

I feel utterly demoralised, it’s a constant in my life right now and whilst I know accepting this middle aged belly is probably the mentally healthiest option I just hate it.

my weight sits steadfastly on my inner upper thighs, love handles and lower belly. Not helped by the bloating that seems to accompany my HRT cycles.

I went shopping yesterday and nothing would even do up in the size I usually take and I couldn’t believe that person in the mirror with the wobbly belly was me. I look at clothes and everything is designed to show off a waist or at the least hang and drape and my belly just ruins everything. I can no longer find a style that I like that I can wear. I’m shapeless.

I’ve tried low carb, calorie counting, focusing on protein, IF, six pack revolution, my fitness pal, you name it- I just feel hungry, food obsessed and fed up of it all. I’ve tried not thinking about food and not denying myself and I just gain or stay the same but I want to lose some and clearly need focus for that.

I exercise loads doing cardio and strength and mix things up so that’s not the issue. I run marathons FFS!

I do have a big appetite in the evenings and know that’s my downfall. I just never feel like I’m sated and I have a sweet tooth.

I need to shift about a stone to get to my ideal weight and yet four years of trying and I’ve made zero progress. My BMI is 23 but it doesn’t look good on me.

just wanted a moan and see if anyone else has worked out this middle aged misery.

I sympathise I too have a horrible big tummy. I have lost loads of weight since April, but have ended up with stick legs and arms, thin face and a Huge tummy. It goes from the area very slowly. I still have around two stone to lose and I recon a stone of that yucky fat is on my tummy! Thank goodness for Lycra in jeans!

Oh I could have written your post! I have been struggling this year and I’m sitting about a stone heavier than I would like. I must admit that right now I’m not eating well, but I cannot seem to reduce my intake enough to lose anything. In the summer I dieted strictly, calorie counted, no alcohol, and I lost 9lbs over 2 months-regained it all in the space of a fortnight and now cannot shift. I think my metabolism is truly screwed up!

i use nutracheck and I have 1400 calories allowed each day but I do eat some exercise calories especially at the weekend if I’ve run a fair distance. I exercise most days and I carry muscle, my Garmin says I burn average 2000 calories a day (daily average over a whole year). I get depressed about it, and then eat rubbish. Like you, I run (not marathons any more, but I do frequent mid distance). It’s just so bloody depressing. None of my clothes fit, and I’m off work so I have started just living in joggers which will hit me hard when I return to work!

sorry for the rant! It’s nice (but not nice) to know I’m not alone!