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If you could change...

64 replies

WipsGlitter · 06/05/2018 18:06

Three things about your appearance what would they be??

I would have white perfect teeth - mine are horrible! Bad colour and a gummy smile.

I'd have skin that was naturally a bit tanned and didn't burn. I'm blue-white and burn really easily.

I'd be a size 10 - technically this is achievable if I could (a) stop eating crap and (b) do some exercise!!

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Chrisinthemorning · 07/05/2018 13:49

Double chin- I hate it
Lose a stone
Smaller boobs

Strongbeatsskinny · 07/05/2018 14:01

Longer legs
Feet just one size bigger
Bigger delts

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BikeRunSki · 07/05/2018 14:06

Overall slimmer, but i’d be happy as a 12.
Smaller feet - 5 or 6 - where all shoes come in that size, and there’s room to size up if a style comes up small. It’s hard with size 9 feet.
I’d like my mad curly hair to fall into pre-Raphelite ringlets.

cafune7 · 07/05/2018 14:08

To be fair I quite like myself, but of course, there are a few things I'd liked changed...instantly and efortless, of course😂

  1. Lose 7 kgs and keep them off forever. I could do with 5 actually.
  2. Perfect skin.

That'd be it actually

halfwitpicker · 07/05/2018 14:10

Thinner, obviously, thinner thighs especially
Taller - I'd be 5'7.
Slimmer upper arms - mine are chunky.

keiratwiceknightly · 07/05/2018 14:10

Smaller tits (30j)...
Eye bags banished
Overbite dealt with and whiter teeth

But I like
My legs
My slimmish waist
My arms
My eyes and eyebrows
My hair (usually)

Pandora1box · 07/05/2018 14:12

Weight - In my perfect world I’d be a curvy size 10.
Longer legs and arms
Thick, straight hair

PermanentlyHungry · 07/05/2018 15:46

I would change:
My eyebrows
My teeth
My nose

I'm happy with:
Being a size 10
My size 3 feet (cheaper shoes)
My hair (not today though as it looks shit)

I wish I was less self cousious & believed people when they complement me. I immediately assume they are taking the piss.

HereBeFuckery · 07/05/2018 15:53

For those wishing for slimmer ankles, I'd say fine if you are slim of calf and leg. I have slim ankles (and wrists) but size 16 at 5'10" so more sturdy legs and bingo wings and it really looks odd. Makes my legs look like parsnips.

I'd change my upper belly - the 'shelf' above my waist that sticks out. Frankly, if I could be arsed to do sit ups/planks it would go, so I clearly don't mind that much!

naebotherpal · 07/05/2018 16:53

Slightly smaller nose. Probably looks fine to everyone else, but I am not everyone else.

My mouth - fuller lips and better teeth (does that count as one? 🙏🏻)

Be a couple of inches taller.

Everything else I could change if I bothered my arse, but they don’t bother me enough.

SewButtons · 07/05/2018 17:02

I’d be a size 8-10, straight white teeth and thicker hair.

As for things I like, I love my skin, it’s never dry even though I rarely moisturise, and because it’s so pale I’ve always been smothered in suncream so hopefully no premature ageing from sun damage.
My feet are just the right size- size 4 so I can buy children’s trainers and such but still find adult shoes easily in my size. Best of both worlds.
And I like the shape of my body, I have an hourglass figure, just currently a larger one than I’d prefer.

IceSwan · 07/05/2018 17:04

If I had to pick ONE thing I think perfect skin would go a long way

Kenworthington · 07/05/2018 17:09

Generally I feel pretty confident in myself. But I would bloody LOVE to lose my cankles/fat feet. They’ve swollen up massively today on the heat and just make me look grim. I’m not thin anyway but I just feel like I’d look so much better with dainty ankles. I am insanely jealous of my mates with nice ankles

Frosty66612 · 07/05/2018 17:13

I’d have perfect white teeth, long hair that’s thicker (mine is naturally so thin) and flawless tanned skin.
I’d also like to be a size 10 but I could do that myself with some hard work

IlPorcupinoNilSodomyEst · 07/05/2018 17:13

Things I can change (with the requisite effort)- nails, weight, flabby arms.
Things that are not so easy - thin lips, fine hair, hooded eyes now I'm nearly 50.
I sound quite the dish ...

Ididnthearanything · 07/05/2018 17:45

I try not to bother disliking bits of me, I’m v grateful I’m healthy and in fairness to my body it has served me well (touch wood). Of course in my head there are bits I could like better but I know I notice them more than anyone else and all those bits function v well.

But in a perfect world I would not have saddlebags. And no matter what exercise I do, I have saddlebags. They’ve stood by me through thick and thin. They’re v fond of meGrin

Tentomidnight · 07/05/2018 18:25

It’s funny, if you’d asked me 20 years ago, I’d have said:

  1. Washboard stomach
  2. Smaller nose
  3. Less hairy (pcos)

Whereas now:

  1. Those pointy elegant knees that some wonen have
  2. Smaller, slimmer jawline
  3. Regain the stomach I had in my early 20s (see above, I can now see that I was being ridiculous, my stomach was gently rounded, in a very attactive way)
goose1964 · 07/05/2018 19:48

I'd love normal width feet instead of wide, him instepped ones

halfwitpicker · 07/05/2018 19:52

Never thought about it really but I do have thin calves and ankles which I suppose is a good thing.

AmethystRaven · 07/05/2018 19:58

My post children c section belly gone.
Fuller lips.
Better posture.

I like my legs though!

slippynips · 07/05/2018 20:16

Same as you on the skin tone - would love to not look like either a ghost or a tomato

My hair - it is really thick and frizzy, but not in a good way. I’ve kept my hair in a bun everyday (bar 2 weddings, literally) for about the last 6/7 years. I just can’t do anything with it without spending hours on it, and even then straightening or curling goes back to frizz within a few hours

My teeth. They are very straight and fairly white and only 1 filling, but I feel they are quite small! No one else seems to think so apart from 1 boy when I was about 15 who literally screamed and pointed at me and said “why are your teeth so small?!?” And it’s stuck with me 😂😂

I need to lose weight too but I could have done something about that myself if I had the motivation! The 3 above I’m stuck with!

mimibunz · 07/05/2018 20:18

My smile
My unshapely legs
My flat arse. Grin

slippynips · 07/05/2018 20:22

In fact, I can live with the small teeth, I’d want rid of all my moles. I find them disgusting, and also have had 5 removed and regular dermatology appointments because I am quite likely to develop skin cancer due to the type of moles I have.

And there are loads. I have just counted 71 moles and dark freckles freckles on my left arm alone!

PandaCat · 07/05/2018 20:26

My boobs
My weight (got baby weight to drop)
My nails (always biting)

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