I just see the same body.

About 1 year ago I was up to about 18.6 stone and since then I managed to go manic with weight loss. From September to February I went from 18.6 to about 16.6 and personally when I look in the mirror I just look exactlly the same.

Since then I never really did anything...didn't eat anywhere as much as I used to but I never lost any weight either. If anything I would gain a pound every 3 months or something. I doesnt' seem like a lot but it is still gaining.

I found calorie count within the last 3 weeks an I have managed to go down to 15.6 stone pretty easily but still I look in the mirror and see the exact same as I did when I was 18.6 stone. I have the motivation and since I began I have cut out all fried food, snacks and I have never gone over the calorie number that I have recommended. To me the dieting is very easy and so is the weight loss.

I train 5 days a week very intensely so my fitness it pretty high along with my cardio.

I am starting to think I might have a problem because I just can't see any difference for what I'm doing. I don't plan to quit I just wonder if I will ever be satisfied with the way I look.

Has anyone else had the same sort of problem?

It's like when you were a kid and you didn't see some auntie or granny for a few months at a time.  And then you'd turn up on the doorstep and the first thing they say is 'Oh my goodness! Haven't you grown!!'  .... but you weren't conscious of it because a) you were a kid and b) you'd been living inside what you felt was the same body all that time. 

Same here.  You're the same person on the inside... you always will be.  Your body has changed relatively slowly so you won't necessarily see the change when you look in a mirror.  Someone who hasn't seen you since last year would notice a three stone loss no problem.  Clothes make a big difference.   If you lose weight but still knock around in the same clothes... just pulling the belt a bit tighter... that doesn't help.   If you were in the habit of wearing elasticated/baggy stuff before, that's another good way to make yourself look chunkier than you are.   So I'd suggest doing some clothes shopping and getting hold of some more tailored/fitted outfits... things that show off your new, slimmer waist for example.

Finally.... get someone to take some photos of you and compare them to photos from a year or more ago.  The more you keep reinforcing the idea that you're now in a slimmer body, the more you'll get used to the idea.

Yes, absolutely.  I've been saying I'm losing weight, my clothes are looser, I have more strength and endurance, you feel great! ....then you see your reflection in a shop window as you pass, or really look in the mirror and feel like giving up.  It takes a while.  I've lost close to 90# (about 6.5 stone) since last year, and just for the first time this weekend could physically see a difference in my body.  It's hard, because we works so hard and expect to see some results.  But I think it's a mental shift we need to make, to accept other parameters of success for ourselves as well as what we can see in the mirror or on the scale.  Good luck and be gentle with yourself!

First off, congratulations on your weight loss! 

I'm definitely experiencing this at the moment.  I've lost a good 47 pounds (3 stone 5, I suppose) and I'm still having difficulties reconciling my mental picture of myself with what I actually look like now.  Sure, I know that I've lost inches, because my measuring tape tells me so, and that I'm at a healthy bmi, but I still can't think of myself as anything other than "the fat girl" I've been my entire life.

I've realized that it will probably be awhile before I stop thinking of myself that way but there are things that have helped (giving away my old school uniform that didn't fit anymore, seeing old and new pictures, having people remark upon it).

Thanks very much, Rosered.  Yes, I have the same problem.  My heaviest is the image I've always had of my body.  Then I saw a picture form when I was about 14, and I look good, but I felt like 350#.  Insane!  We have to work as hard on our perceptions as we do on the actual weight loss.  Congratulations on your weight loss!  We're gonna all be smokin' soon ;)

I feel the exact same way!

Before I started losing weight, I was probably at my all time high of 12 stone and now I'm 10 stone 3 pounds and down about 15 inches as well. I dropped 4 pant sizes and also from XL/L to S/M in shirts. And even though I lost almost 2 stones now, I still feel big. My goal is 9 stone 9 pounds but I feel that I'll still feel fat once I reach it even though it is a reasonable weight for someone my height.

no, you are not alone.  I did not notice my weight loss until I got to 35 pounds gone.  Sure, clothes were getting bigger, but when I looked in the mirror I did not see it much.

Luckily, I take measurements and make a virtual model of myself so I can look at those and SEE the difference...then I convince myself that's what I actually look like.

It's beginning to set in.