What do you love about your bodies?

[CoconutGal]

I have always been very tiny & slim. As a teenager that was a blessing but when I had DD & my body changed after that I had to adapt to the way it was going to be from then onwards. Now at 26, I finally am comfortable & can honestly say I do love my body. Stretch marks, mum tum & jiggly bits alike.

I went shopping with DD today. I haven't been shopping for myself for over 2yrs. I look at the fashion in the shops & wonder what suits my body now. I come home chuffed with what I have (and the bargains DD picked up!) & im pleasantly surprised at how womanly & sexy I feel. I haven't bothered with my look for so long because life got hectic with our wedding last year, new job & TTC number 2 currently. I look at women around town & there are so many features of each & every one of them that make me think "wow you're beautiful".

So tell me, what's changed since having your DC's & what do you love about your body now? 😁❤️

I was always tiny with big boobs (a blessing and a curse at times).

Now I'm tiny but with the tits to match .

DD1 was quite big for my size, when she was born and I was left with saggy skin and stretch marks on the lower part of my tummy. I was expecting the stretch marks as I seem to be prone to them (have them on bum and boobs from puberty) but I wasn't expecting that I would get stretched skin.

It's annoying because I have really good abs but no amount of planking, crunches etc will get rid of it. I will never have the perfect stomach and my boobs resemble spaniel's ears...

But do you know what? My body has produced two amazing humans and it's healthy and it works (by that I mean I can walk, talk, don't feel any aches or pains). I excercise regularly and walk a lot.

I love my body now more than ever in my life. I'm 42 and decided to get fit after having my son 3 yrs ago, stretch marks and all! Im slim, toned and I love my shoulders, arm and legs b (.)(.) bs aint bad either for a 42 yr old

I'm slim, strong, fit and have enjoyed great health so far.

But mostly I'm so impressed with how well my body coped with, and recovered from, pregnancy and then a traumatic birth.

I no longer think about my own features particularly; I look at my beautiful DS and see the features of mine that he has, which look so wonderful on him. People always stop me in the street to tell me how beautiful he is and I think to myself "wow, I made him. I'm really proud of myself".

My shapely ankles. That's it.

I love the fact that, although my body may not be a work of art, it's a bloody amazing bit of engineering. Look at what it can do! Digesting, walking, breastfeeding, writing, dancing, singing, thinking!

I don't like my body as much - it will never be as taught or perfect as it was. Then again I had a baby 6 years ago and am no longer sprightly. My boobs aren't as perky by bloody far and the skin on my stomach is never going to be then same again. That said:

I am 5'11" which hides a multitude of sins. I am the same weight I was when I got pregnant (which doesn't help the stomach wrinkles tbh but fuck it) and clothed, look good. My waist, unless I eat wheat, is small. In dim lighting, it all works.

We won't mention the clicking hips and knees

I'm pretty happy with my body these days. I especially like my shoulders, arms and stomach which are all fairly toned thank you Jillian Michaels DVDs.

The only bits I really don't like are my feet and nose. But life is too short to spend much time worrying about them.

I like my height, 5'10. I'm no longer slim & willowy, but I've accepted that in my early 50s I'm not going to have the body I did at 20. My body has grown & breastfed three children, and I'm proud of it for that.

I have unlined skin, good teeth, nice long fingers and I really like my ears.

This could be jinxing it... but I love how obnoxiously healthy I am. There are plenty of people not at all lucky enough to say anything like that. I also, aesthetically like my big eyes, generally like my face, and whilst I'm
not quite as thin as I'd like, I don't have any weight issues to worry about.

I'm quite strong and I have good balance so can easily climb up the shelves in the pantry (am also fairly short!)

Before dc weight used to go on fairly evenly but now it all goes on my stomach so I am a bit about that.

Eyes, and my nice big but not too big round bum. I used to hate how curvy I was but I now love the curviness of my calves and hips, the colour of my mixed race skin is another i got picked on for when younger ( half south Asian and half English) so I wished I was fairer but i absolutley love it now.

I am, and always have been, large and fugly, but was blessed with beautiful perfect teeth, having never had to endure braces (although i was a repulsive buck-toothed child).

I like my eyes, they are green and I get lots of compliments on them. Dressed I look quite good, and I like my size 8 figure, but naked not so much as I'm not very toned!
But most of all, against all odds, my body eventually conceived and carried a baby, that is what I most love about my body 😊

I have the most elegant, slim ankles and wrists. I love them.

I am just beaming reading all your posts. Rarely do I hear my friends or even family telling me what they love about their bodies. I wish everyone male & female loved their bodies as they change over time.

I do have lovely shapely ankles..I'd forgotten about them. And the much maligned freckles, which I really do love.

Reasonably attractive feet, other that sheer shite

Sometimes I like my face. I get a good face day every so often. Sometimes I look in the mirror though and think Jesus, Mary, Joseph what happened to you?
I really dislike saying I hate my body because I feel like it's ungrateful and it is mainly my fault but I love how healthy I am and that everything works very well but aesthetically I don't like it one bit. Although, I absolutely love my ankles. Always have done. They're too skinny for my legs and look a bit odd. Love it.

I like that I can eat like a hog and remain a size 6-8. I love my boobs (30E) and have great nipples. My eyes are pretty nice. Most of all I love that at almost 30 I've never had any real health problems, I can run and I can still do the splits.

Lovely thread OP. I struggle with my self esteem and opportunities to openly say "yeah, I like that about me" are too few in this world.

That it's gone back to how it was pre-pregnancy in just a few months. I've always been tall and slim and had a fast metabolism, and thought that would change after putting on an extra 50% of bodyweight during pregnancy! It's nice to feel like myself again and wear normal clothes. I have a few stretch marks from the day of the birth, but they are actually a nice reminder of how amazing women's bodies are, to be able to bring new life into the world.

Oh, and finally getting rid of the comedy giant breasts, going back to a normal size. I never wanted big breasts and hated that, even for a few months! Just looked wrong on me.

Slim with a small waist and comely waist-to-hip ratio.

Ive had strangers stop me in the street and compliment my hair (long/blonde) and ask me how i got my legs so toned (when wearing shorts). Simple genetics. I have evil eyes and massive feet though 😩

Before pregnancy I was very skinny no bum no hips no boobs I thought I looked great because I got the message skinny was better. I started to hate my body a year or so before pregnancy binge eating didn't help atall.

After pregnancy I got hips a bum still no boobs (getting a boob job as I hate them) I actually really like my mum tum it's like jiggle but I can see a little two pack but it's got alot of stretch marks on the bottom of my belly. I actually really love it, their like tiger marks haha

I'm 42. I love my body a bit like an ageing relative, really appreciating the way it used to look and feel, and now tenderly supporting it to be the best it can be . My boobs are still awesome after 7 years of almost continuous breastfeeding. I love my womb and ovaries in a sort earthy, mystical way; grateful for our journey together so far and welcoming the next leg, with menopause expected some time in the next decade.
I do love my face, I am an open book, and I like how my face shows the world exactly how I'm feeling, despite what I might say to the contrary.