Following on from what people were discussing in the old thread about losing weight and still not feeling good enough even if you lose the weight, because you were already at your "goal" weight and felt fat...
This is something I struggle with. I went through the whole huge body transformation thing 10 years ago and even though there are lots of lovely photos of me from that time, the truth is I was desperately unhappy with my body still. When I lost weight I found a whole new list of things to hate that was far bigger than just "I'm massive". Suddenly everything was to be analysed. It was exhausting. I have gained all the weight back in the past 10 years and now I'm back to square one of being miserable because I'm fat. I have to stop telling myself "you were miserable when you were slim" too because that just isn't really true. I'm remembering all the bad bits. I was happier, I was less self conscious, I had times where I felt like "I look good and I know I look good"... and that was all with a tummy and loose skin and stretch marks. I could never say any of that now. Losing weight just isn't as easy when you get older, I always heard people say that, and it's not because of any scientific thing I don't think... I just think when you're older you feel like you haven't got another diet left in you and it's all too much hard work and effort but I need to try to get back to where I was.