Do most women post 40/45 yrs dislike their body?

I've more or less stopped clothes shopping, nothing I try on makes me look good anymore.

No, I look fine in the shop mirror, it’s when I get home & look that’s the problem. But I don’t wear swimsuits, so I can cover up in something decent to hide it, if only I could find something decent. My face looks OK in the mirror too, but whenever I do a selfie to see how bad I look it’s absolutely horrific!

42 and ok imo

I need to start moisturising and exfoliating reliably

I think women look better the older they get, lumps and bumps in the right places are lovely. I've never heard a bloke moan about big boobs or a fat backside. In fact I've often heard them moan about stick insects.

There's a reason why ever porn site has a granny area.

I'm 40s and having to really work at it. Even then I'm not how I want to look. I think I emotional eat? Then again I don't have much time to exercise like I did years ago due to being a parent. I accidentally took a picture of my face close up from a lower angle last week. It was bad. Really bad.

For me it's less what I don't like it's more that I do not give two shits anymore about what others think about what I wear, how I cut my hair etc. If I like it, I do it and that makes me feel good about myself in general. I get good sleep, take my vitamins, I eat to nourish my body, I don't starve myself, I no longer exercise just to stay slim I do it for the benefits it has to my mental health more than anything.

But of course I'd rather not have wobbly bits 🤣

I'm 46 and I've always looked like sack of spuds in any swimsuit (size 10-12 but small boobs and no waist) so I didn't look a great deal better in my youth and pre kids. Have definitely put on weight post 40 but I was always prepared for that to happen and I just accept that's how it is, we can't go on looking exactly the same and while I do make some efforts not to put on too much weight (mainly because I have a joint issue that could be exacerbated by weight gain) I'm not going to try to get back to being the weight I was in my 20s or 30s, it's not important enough to me to make that sort of effort, I'd rather enjoy life more.

If you'd asked me a year ago, I would've said that my body made me a bit sad. However, last autumn I lost a stone, and started lifting heavy weights. I'm 50 now and I finally have the abs I had back in my 30's, I think actually my figure is better now as I was doing a lot of cardio back then and never really had a totally flat stomach whereas I'm more defined now.

Honestly OP no one not even super models are perfect, I remember reading about Tyra Banks when she was in a changing room and she was gutted to see the cellulite on the tops of her arms, she was so shocked that it was even on her arms! Here’s an article on her body insecurities.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6989229/Tyra-Banks-admits-wore-long-trains-Victorias-Secret-shows-hide-cellulite.html

The only time I ever like my body is when I look back at photos and realise I looked fantastic. At the time I thought I was a mess. Have never liked my current body.

I think we have all been conditioned by the media to look perfect and never age. That way madness lies.

And never follow it with a trip to the hairdressers! That way madness lies.

I don't, but I was fat as fuck in my 30s and have now lost loads of weight, got some piercings and tattoos, and now I feel like my outside reflects who I am on the inside.

I'm still a wobbly 12 with big boobs but I feel so much better that I don't care.

Meh, it's the only one I've got. Loving your body doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement. I have a healthy self respect for mine, although I'm working on reducing it and getting fitter. It helps that I think I'm awesome and give zero shits what other people think of me.

M&S mirrors are awful. I remember trying on bras and I looked terrible.

I’m not full of body image self loathing and would never try on swimwear in a shop fitting room! Awful places. You get these things now that have slimming panels etc. Could you order a few online and try them on at home instead?

I’m 52 and just bought my first bikini in 20 years - after trying on with mirrors in M&S.

Pilates, weights, running. Healthy Mediterranean non UPF diet.

Happy and healthy. And yes, just a bit fucking smug as a lifetime of exercise has finally caught up with me.

Perhaps you need some cardio back in OP. When you say a lot of working out, what do you mean? I don’t think I do a lot but I expect it is above average.

Same here !

I’d be fine with my body if I wasn’t overweight and could fit into all my old lovely clothes.

I'm a bit older than you and generally like my body. But not in shop mirrors, ever. No idea why they don't realise they would sell a lot more stuff if their mirrors weren't so very unflattering.

Oh, I don't think those mirrors existed when I last went clothes shopping in an actual shop. They sound horrible and guaranteed to be unflattering.

I haven't set foot in a changing room in a shop for more than 20 years! As soon as online shopping got fully up and running, I switched to online. I try things on in the privacy of my own home, with the option to dim the lights if appropriate!

I'll bet you look a lot better than you think you do.

This is why I never try stuff on in the changing rooms, the mirrors always make me look horrendous.

No way, I’m over 40 and way more body confident than I was when I was younger, for some reason my tits have only improved with age (and kids!)

Another that says shop lights- they’re awful!!! It’s not you it’s them!!!!