What do you wish you appreciated more in your younger-self body?

[SunshineChatter]

A bit of an odd one. I recently turned 48 and while I'm generally happy with the way I look (I enjoy dressing up, I wear heels most days, I have tons of make up which I like experimenting with, lots of costume jewellery I use daily, etc), over the past ten years or so I started to realise quite how many things in the past I never realised I should appreciate when it came to my body.

From being able to do a winged liner when your face is all smooth (which as your eyelids droop you can't), to hyperpigmentation (which I didn't have at 30 and wasn't even aware was a thing), to your body changing shape, I'm now wondering what's in store in the next ten years!

So I'd love to hear from older Mumsnetters about what they 'still' had in their late forties that they now miss. Just so I make sure I enjoy those things while I still have them! :-D

[FizzyPink]

I’m only late 20s but I so wish I’d truly appreciated being able to eat whatever I liked while remaining a size 6......those days are long gone now

[AmICrazyorWhat2]

My perfect ab/stomach area. DD ( a nearly 10 lb baby) separated my ab muscles and I’ve struggled to maintain a flat tum ever since.

It was just flat before, no questions asked.🤣

[LynetteScavo]

Well I may not be as perky as I once was, but nothing hurts One day I might look back and say "Ohh I remember when I was in my forties and could do anything I wanted to physically. Why didn't I go skydiving and windsurfing then!"

I got loads of spider veins and a varicose vein (and developed hyperpigmentation) during the pregnancy which lasted about 10 years but has now gone when I had my 2nd DC at 30, despite being very slim so I don't think I've got much worse. I really wish I'd appreciated my legs when I was young.

[Hardbackwriter]

Not having a constantly sore back!

[GrumpyHoonMain]

My body is better now I think. I was morbidly obese, greasy skin, uncontrollable facial hair , saggy tummy, and had awful varicose veins when I was 20. I am far more toned now - face is going a bit jowly but I’m not averse to fixing it.

[malificent7]

No c section shelf. Being able to eat tons and stay slim.

[Livedandlearned]

I didn't know that about thread veins!

[PrincessHoneysuckle]

Perfect stomach.It was my favourite body part.

[Fluffycloudland77]

Thread vein free thighs. I was warned not to cross my legs so much so it’s my fault.

I have senile angiomas on my trunk too, they piss me off no end 🤨

[lindyloo57]

Lines on my chest, I wish I worn more spf, I do now. But is it too late. I will 60 next week.

[nitgel]

waistline, no cellulite which i now have on my legs at 51 :(