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It's really hard, but try focusing only on the good things. I'm actually keeping a journal (sounds sad I know but it's helping) and my focus is the good things about myself and what I achieve. Sometimes I start on the negative things and I have to deliberately pull myself up, but that's part...

I didn't have this excuse for 3 years as I was on Implanon and didn't get my period. Now I'm off it and I'm struggling hard to not use this excuse.

Oh yes, that's one I use a lot!

I had a similar experience just yesterday and have been feeling down about it ever since. It's so hard to feel motivated when you've been doing the right things and still gain weight. I'm only in the early stages though so I'm desperately hoping that this is just a misread, either from the...

I'm so glad you're feeling better. I hope you manage to go out sometime soon Nikki_a and keep those good feelings going.

Oh I have the same problem when I go to bed, I'm so tired before I get there but as soon as I lay down my brain is going a mile a minute. I know there are relaxation tablets I can take to deal with it if I get to a really bad point, but mostly I try to count. I just keep counting and counting...

There's a lot of reasons for my turning point, but the big one for me was being 10kgs over the weight I promised myself I'd never be.

I agree that your daughter might have lashed out because of her concerns about you possibly breaking your diet, but that being said there are better ways to talk to those we love to help them do better rather than spiraling in the other direction. Perhaps it'd be a good idea to talk to your...

When I've lost weight before I never lost more than one cup size. So I went from a D to a C cup. I'm bigger now so I'm a DD cup, I'm still hoping I get down to a C because I find it more comfortable.

I was always bigger than everyone else, but I only got into the bad zone when I was at Uni and then living by myself for the first time. I think a lot of it was lack of exercise and the ability to eat what ever I wanted for once and I didn't make the right choices. But my real challenge now is...

It's funny looking back on my family because I do think I was taught good eating habits in general. At the same time it seems that my mother, along with all those healthy meals, was teaching me how to eat treats whenever I was down. It was such a common thing and was always indulged. Now I'm...

I've been at a healthy weight and still felt the same as I do now, it's never enough it seems. This time around I'm trying to do more than lose weight, but to love myself at the same time.

I know how you feel, I never seem to be enough for me and am really worried that's not going to change when I lose weight. I think the idea that msblonde had about relaxing with yourself and loving yourself is so important. I'm trying to do that myself atm.

Oh I love all of these, I know they might not all be easy (some are just common sense that I need to remember) but I think they're good things to focus on and remember when times are trying. I hope you don't mind but I'm going to post these in my blog for me to remember. :)

I make so many excuses about my weight and what I should or shouldn't be doing to help myself. I'm hoping by saying them out loud here I can own that they're excuses and stop using them! 1. I've sweated already today, so I don't need to exercise. 2. If my partner is eating chocolate then it's...

I'm just doing the old points at home by myself. It's working for me so I'm sticking with that for now.

I had it in for three years and it's been out for a year now. I really can't blame it for any of my weight issues. I lost weight for the first year with no noticable change when I had it put in. If anything I could say i seem to have gained a lot of weight since it's been out, but I'm not...

I am the weight I am because I'm always finding excuses and laying blame where it doesn't deserve to go, but then I use my weight as excuse not to do the things I know will make my life better. It's such a vicious circle.

It's so hard when I'm feeling that way, really not wanting to go out and being unmotivated to do anything about it is seriously tought to overcome. I think the suggestion to find someone to talk to is a great idea. I've also picked an event, something with my friends that I didn't want to go...