Accepting your new body

[TheWildRoseBear]

Just seen a lovely post about accepting your body after weight loss on the Oushk FB page. I still have a bit to go but completely relate to worrying about how I will end up looking. I have a certain image in mind but also know I won’t be the same 23 old I once was.

These are lovely, thank you for sharing them with us.

I’ve lost over 4 stone on MJ and haven’t been this weight for over 2 decades. I completely accept that my body doesn’t look like it did when I was in my 20’s and early 30’s - some loose skin on my upper arms and inner thighs but I’m accepting that.

I’ve bought myself a whole new winter wardrobe and absolutely love clothes shopping now, which is such a mental celebration!

My main reason for losing all this weight was definitely my health - at the beginning of the year, I actually asked my GP to look me in the eyes and stress the myriad of benefits from losing weight.

Thank you for sharing and I’ve saved the images to keep looking back on.

This is something I have struggled with previously. It's good to know I'm not alone with it and it's 'a thing'. I have been making small mental adjustments as I go so I think I'm dealing with it better this time, but this is really helpful. I'm 25 kg down, another 25 kg to go. I have lost 21% of my body weight so far. @TheWildRoseBear Thank you.

It is going to be a hard part of the journey, especially for us with A LOT to lose, while my new body is going to be healthier, it certainly not going to be pretty!

It's not on my priority list right now , but as I lose more weight and hopefully get closer to a healthy weight, I know it will start to consume my thoughts.