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To ask what's your favourite part of your body?

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worldshottestmom · 12/06/2026 17:08

Seen many threads lately about women fretting over what body parts of themselves that they hate and it makes me sad. It makes me sad that I feel this way about myself, too.

Every single day I see new social media posts/articles about X celebrity has gained/lost weight and looks awful, or 'look at how great this conventionally attractive celebrity looks' then pick her apart down to bone structure and genetics, to make women everywhere race to the mirror once more and pick themselves apart for not looking like that. I'm sick of it.

So, what is your favourite body part? What do you love about your body?

I like my arms. They used to be extremely lean and toned and then I had kids and give up on myself for a while and they got fatter. They're leaning out again now that I have remembered I am a human being and started exercising/eating well again and I'm starting to like them! Yay. I also like my legs even though they're short and stubby as hell. But they're curvy and chonky and I like it.

I have to say my least favourite part would be my stomach as it is 90% loose skin and no effort. But, I'm coming to accept it for what it is; my children's first home and, well, it's just a stomach. Who cares.

Let's be having it sexy ladies

OP posts:
Wre · 12/06/2026 19:14

Different to the other answers but I really like that I’m strong. 💪

Snugglemonkey · 12/06/2026 19:12

My legs. The only part of me in good shape!

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 12/06/2026 19:11

My eyes are a nice almond shape.

goingback · 12/06/2026 19:11

worldshottestmom · 12/06/2026 17:23

Hairy hands? Is this a joke im not following lol

Assuming they think you are a man getting off on asking a creepy question

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 12/06/2026 19:10

Full lips, big firm breasts (no plastic surgery) and a shapely big bottom. My hands are small but could be smoother.

PawMaw · 12/06/2026 19:08

When I break it all down, there's actually quite a lot I like about myself.

  • I like that my boobs look good topless
  • I like my legs, unproportionately long for my height
  • I like my heart shaped bum
  • I like my eyes, grey with brown central heterochromia
  • I like my feet!
  • I love my pale skin, especially now I've got on top of my redness and hyperpigmentation. I'm proud of my blemish free, un-sundamged skin as it took a lot of work
  • I like my cheekbones

I've liked thinking about this and realising there's more that I like about my appearance than I dislike!

Freshstartyear25 · 12/06/2026 19:07

My arse. Very nice and toned. I’m flat chested and I’ve worked I do a lot of legs work out because I just can’t lose that bum. Everything else is just there

ChunkyMonkey36 · 12/06/2026 19:05

I didn’t get an arse until I was about 25, and I have grown to quite like how big it is.

I’m currently in the middle of losing weight and will be very sad if it disappears or flattens.

Same with my boobs, they’re quite large and I have real concerns they’re going to end up near my knees if I drop too much weight.

I think I’m meant to be an hourglass, rather than a sphere, so hoping it levels out at that. But if not, sadness for me!

YelramBob · 12/06/2026 19:03

socks1107 · 12/06/2026 17:28

My bum! I have hated it for years, massive thing it was. Now I’ve lost some weight and taken up swimming it’s flattening out and I love checking it out now 🤣. It’s no longer big and I’m quite taken with it again

I'm the opposite 😂 Always pear shaped but now I do weights and pilates I have a magnificent tight, high ass 🍑 Proper proud of it I am, it points upwards.

violetcuriosity · 12/06/2026 18:56

My face, it really makes up for a pretty average body (currently ravaged by a random neurological issue) and cankles. I have very blue eyes too. My stomach and waist are quite good for having kids although below the knicker line shows the c section shelf! In all honestly, since nearly dying you just realise how lucky we really are to be here at all 🩷

Waitingfordoggo · 12/06/2026 18:48

I like my arms, shoulders and quads - I have good muscle definition from many years of strength training. I also have attractive collarbones according to my DH, and a nice bottom.

Stillshepersisted · 12/06/2026 18:42

My eyes are very unusual - sort of almost orange and they are large too. A Cuban lady once told me my eyes were ‘like fire’ which is a compliment I still cherish! I have a very nice back, it’s got lots of visible muscle from years of strength training and a very cool large tattoo. My lips are nice too. Very defined Cupid’s bow. I have spent far too long disliking myself intensely but as I’ve got older I appreciate my body for being strong, birthing my children and still letting me deadlift twice my body weight in my early fifties.

verabarbleen · 12/06/2026 18:37

Good post! I like my face and my freckles. I have dark hair and Olive skin and freckles on my nose and cheeks .

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 12/06/2026 18:36

@Muffsies thank you! It does mean that trousers and jeans never fit (baggy at the waist if they fit on my bum) but that's a small price to payGrin

Prombles · 12/06/2026 18:33

I'm fairly hideous all over, the only thing I can think of is the shape of my fingernails. Not my fingers, they're short and boney, but my fingernails have a nice curved shape.

Muffsies · 12/06/2026 18:33

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 12/06/2026 18:30

I have a very nice hourglass figure, 46-36-46. Yes it's large but it's in lovely proportion.
I have strong hands and arms and nicely shaped legs. My calf muscles are like Christmas puddings.

Thick hair and great skin.

A perfect hourglass is rare, lucky lady!

ScullyD · 12/06/2026 18:33

I have great boobs. Big but also a good shape.

icannotlivelaughloveintheseconditions · 12/06/2026 18:33

My eyes, waist and back (outside appearance only, on the inside my back is a crumbling arthritic mess)

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 12/06/2026 18:30

I have a very nice hourglass figure, 46-36-46. Yes it's large but it's in lovely proportion.
I have strong hands and arms and nicely shaped legs. My calf muscles are like Christmas puddings.

Thick hair and great skin.

Muffsies · 12/06/2026 18:29

looselegs · 12/06/2026 18:23

My hair.
58 years old, natural redhead.....not one grey hair!
Everyone thinks I dye it but I don't!

That's the red head superpower! You probably won't go grey at all, it'll just fade until it's beautiful white.

Muffsies · 12/06/2026 18:26

ladygindiva · 12/06/2026 17:34

My arse. It's fantastic. And still fairly good at 51. I also have nice lips. I have awful legs though.

Them's the breaks. I feel like you can't have nice tits, nice waist, nice hips/bum, and nice legs (well, it's very rare, and subjective to oppinion and culture).

I recon most of us get 2 out of 4... 3 if we're lucky. There's always that one thing. Mine is def my legs, they are v chunky, i don't show my knees ever! I still love my legs tho, i walk a lot and appeciate them immensely.

looselegs · 12/06/2026 18:23

My hair.
58 years old, natural redhead.....not one grey hair!
Everyone thinks I dye it but I don't!

Itsallsostressful · 12/06/2026 18:22

Fab thread OP ☺️. I would say still like my legs and little bum at 54 and still blessed with good skin 😀

StrawberryMatchaLatte · 12/06/2026 18:20

Face, boobs, bum.My boobs are a 32H but still quite perky.

DilemmaDelilah · 12/06/2026 18:17

My skin is OK for a 65 year old. I would have said my eyes... but I've just been diagnosed with cataracts so they have let me down.