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Feeling fat this week...

I've lost 20lbs with Unislim, and another 6 myself before I joined, but I still see this huge elephant woman when I look in the mirror. Yes I know thats stupid but thats how I feel. More and more people are telling me I look great, but somehow I cant believe them. I think if you feel fat in your head it doesnt matter what weight you actually are - you'll always see that fat person staring back. Any ideas on how to combat this? Its really starting to annoy me - I now fit into most of my skinny clothes, but even that's not helping much.

I know losing weight is great, but I think unless you deal with why you were overeating in the first place, it will never be enough. I have a friend who's a size 8, looks amazing and is always giving out about her figure, always saying she looks huge. That used to annoy me, but I'm beginning to understard where she's coming from.

I know its a cliche, but its what's inside that counts, the rest is just window dressing. Actually losing weight is the easy part of the overeaters problem. Understanding why and dealing with it is more difficult, and even more important. Otherwise the cycle continues and the weight keeps going up and down. I think I've come to terms with my comfort eating problem, I think I know why i did it. Now I just have to start liking the image I see reflected in the mirror, whatever the size I am. Sorry for being a tad depressing this week, but as you all probably know, losing weight is never easy, and sometimes even if you're down in pounds, you can still have a difficult week. Thanks for all the messages, talk soon!

Elaine x