MN Vogue - vol 35

[shopafrolic]

For glass half full fashion fanatics. Bring a positive attitude, a love of clothes and lots of lovely links. All welcome, from high street to high end.
Continuing from here

Liberty

Hope you had a good evening liberty - great outfit, dd had obviously inherited her mum s eye for a nice bag
Am loving my new flats here wearing today with coloured skinnies, loose black shirt CDC pea coat, Ancient whistles bag and cosy cashmere wrist Warmers.
What s everyone else wearing ?
Decam - did you get the 50/50 s in the end ? I m stalking admiring a lady on train at the moment who s got a fab pair of suede 50/50s

Where s mig ? Hope all ok with her.

Anni - I meant to say earlier, i m so happy you re back .

How lovely is novice? Shop bet you rock that sweater.

Ok - it s 'hi ho' time ........

I'd quite like Marsha's legs...
Sleep's arms
Shop's boobs
Dry's perfectly styled hair
And Madonna's bank balance

Now who has a nice bum and tum??? :o

Thanks Turquoise x

Your dd is funny Liberty.

Lol Anni!, I'll go for Madonna's bank balance too. Thanks

Muscles are a much more successful look on younger frames where the subcutaneous fat hasn't started to disintegrate. It's that thin skin over sinewy muscle that I don't like at all - especially when paired with a puffy pale face (probably hiding under sunglasses and a baseball cap).

My boobs are rubbish Anni you can have em!
Novice $51!!???? AMAZING - - let me know how best to pay you. this is it the subject of last night's live shopping.
Sleep and Dry both look amazing.
I need to tone up, everything is a bit wobbly - tummy especially as Marsha can testify LOL (I always say I look better standing up than sitting down). I walk the dog 4 times a week and do Pilates once a week so am healthy enough. My legs are particularly odd now I've lost some weight, no smooth lines anymore, at the tops they go in and out and in and out - odd. But I'm fussed enough to do to much about it . Running is too harsh for my knees, my dad has a cross trainer he never uses to perhaps I should hit that.... we'll see.

Morning!

When I was talking about Madonna last night I really didn't mean to imply anyone on here looks like her, but I just used her as an example of overdoing things.

I am sure excercise such as weights and stuff (can you tell I haven't set foot in a gym for years ) can really help tone your body and create muscle definition but I just think she has gone a bit overboard.

I do have to say I am very proud of myself that I've been swimming three times this week but I do realise my kind of swimming (breast stroke, head firmly abov water) will do little or nothing to tone my body. But it relaxes me and is a bit of exercise, so that's ok.

shop so happy you got your J Crew sweater. Well done novice!

liberty

Lovely flats turq,and how cool is novice?

bonsoir I think I would like to be softer but slim when Im older,
I've always been slim,played volleyball throughout my teens,and due to my parents strict no junk food golden rule.i became very health conscious, I go to the gym 4 times a week,

My size is the same I think , although I was a 36 sometimes 34, now I'm more 36-38,
The one part I'm always worried that it will change is my tummy,i do a lot of abs workout,as I had C-section,and I'm really scared that the muscles will separate if I have another c-section,it sounds vain,but I guess we all have our concern areas.

santa - I understand how you feel about your c-section and the subsequent body risks - I was luckily able to have a natural delivery and I was fairly obsessed with the idea of not being able to know from looking at me that I had had been pregnant or had a baby so did everything the midwives advised - including standing up during labour until I was practically falling over from fatigue - in order to avoid any sort of cut or tear.

My tummy was very flat after my pregnancy but the skin has never quite regained its elasticity - it's fine when I'm lying on my back or standing up straight but not what it was when I am on all fours, IYSWIM.

Morning. In theory my body should be better now than in my teens/ early 20s as I did no exercise then but I find it hard to see past the saggy boobs and wrinkly tum. On a good day I will admit that I like my arms and shoulders and they look toned and defined. On a bad day I just see a fat ugly body. I was probably me best in my late 20s/early 30s when I disvovered running (did 10k and half marathon races) and used to do a lot of swimming. linus a few years ago I had some swimming lessons which was the best thing ever. You can really feel the workout and can still be as gentle or full on as you like.

I've just been on a power walk (sadly can't run anymore since SPD in all 3 pregnancies has knackered my lower back) so now sitting in towel and dressing gown wondering what on earth to wear on another v foggy day!

Great shopping shop/novice. It will really suit you.

Morning. In theory my body should be better now than in my teens/ early 20s as I did no exercise then but I find it hard to see past the saggy boobs and wrinkly tum. On a good day I will admit that I like my arms and shoulders and they look toned and defined. On a bad day I just see a fat ugly body. I was probably me best in my late 20s/early 30s when I disvovered running (did 10k and half marathon races) and used to do a lot of swimming. linus a few years ago I had some swimming lessons which was the best thing ever. You can really feel the workout and can still be as gentle or full on as you like.

I've just been on a power walk (sadly can't run anymore since SPD in all 3 pregnancies has knackered my lower back) so now sitting in towel and dressing gown wondering what on earth to wear on another v foggy day!

Great shopping shop/novice. It will really suit you.

Lol bonsoir! I am imagining you on all fours now! (I really giggled when I read that)

queenc I have considered swimming lessons but I really can't put my head underneath the water as I start panicking so I just stick to breast stroke and some paddling with a floating thingie.

I did masses of swimming about 15 years ago and it did my shoulders and upper arms a lot of good but had no impact on my legs. These days I walk a lot and my legs are in better shape than they have ever been bar 6 months post-pregnancy (when I was very very slim^) but I had no bottom at all which wasn't always a good look.

bonsoir the first thing my trainer said to me was how great my abdominal muscles are,but I'm really scared that I won't be lucky next time,I told dh that since next child will be our last,I will have a mini tummy tuck!
I find Pilates really good for abdominal muscles.

queen you have a great body,no wobbly bits or anything,I think we all have insecurities towards our bodies,no matter how fit we are, i went through a stage where I would take my measurements and weight every 2 days,and ask dh on a daily basis if my body changed or if i gained weight..etc, he finally became very cross and said,That its turning into an unhealthy obsession and if I don't stop it,I should seek therapy,it was a wakeup call for me,I don't obsess about it so much now,but I'm still conscious about how I look, ok I do need therapy

Lol santa, I think we are all body conscious to some extent sadly. It must be mystifying for the men in our lives but they just don't get it!

I do often wonder how I will be after pregnancy but I'm reassured somewhat by my mother who has had 4 pregnancies (1 c-section) and is still slim :) And I definitely don't intend to have 4! On that note, I think any future daughter of mine will definitely be like liberty's and have the "new handbag" radar

shop so glad you managed to get the sweatshirt at such a good price, what a star novice is. Great teamwork!

Apologies for this, but the weight training thing really is my favourite soap box subject....Bonsoir I agree the sinewy look isn't great, but that probably has more to do with extreme dieting leading to very low body fat, which definitely isn't a good look, or healthy, on anyone, least of all older women. If they didn't have muscles though they would just be skin and bone with that level of body fat. Lots of running (say regularly running for more than an hour) can also result in a sinewy effect because it burns muscle - not what you want. But proper weight training doesn't bulk women up - I have, for a limited period, posted a pic of myself just back from working out, on my profile - please - tell me if you think I look butch or sinewy, I don't think I do ....but I lift heavier weights than some men at the gym, do unassisted pull ups, loads of push ups, I love being strong!

The most important thing regarding exercise (and I know quite a lot and have tried a lot) is choosing something you enjoy and doing it regularly, regardless of how many calories it burns. The psychological benefit can impact on the physical - doing something you hate doesn't necessarily get you the results you might be hoping for . But if you asked me what, health and appearance wise is absolutely the best thing to do, if you did nothing else...it is resistance training, no question, especially as we age.

You look great Sleep I wish I had your figure but I'm just not built to be lean, my big hips get in the way!

One - you have to try to love and accept the real version of you...I hate my tummy, always focus on it when I look in the mirror. So I'm trying my own version of the mirror work we talked about - forcing myself to do yoga dressed as in pic (would never not wear a top over bra at the gym!), to see my tummy in the mirror for 90 minutes . Its a hard habit to break, that 'urgh' response whenever I see it, but I'm working on it!

sleep I don't really feel 'urgh' about my body anymore, more I kinda have a grudging respect for how strong it is in fighting this crappy disease IYSWIM? It breaks a lot of people but I'm still upright (with a stick but that's by the by) and moving so my body must be strong even if I never knew it before

Sleep you look awesome

You are amazing One, to take that from your experience of pain is a fantastic attitude, true strength .

shop - thanks I am pulling my tummy in for the pic of course

Thanks sleep

My hair has turned into a massive bush of frizz. Ponytail has been deployed to get it under control! never have I had such big hair and I used to be an expert at backcombing!

Why is that One , what have you done to it?!

Curl creme seems to have brought out it's new found wave Sleep it's big hair, very big hair!