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[quote=Anonymous]When she was in her late 80s and 90s, my grandmother was often distressed that she did not have a flat stomach. She still went to the YMCA almost daily to walk or do an exercise class until a year or so before she died. I think she loved it, gave her something to do, she had lots of friends there. One time an older gentleman asked her out on a date and she was scandalized.

But what she focused on was her tummy. It was big, she didn’t like how it looked in her clothes, it wasn’t attractive. She didn’t appreciate all the things that her body could still do at that age, she just saw a fat, not flat stomach.

I’m 45 and I wish I had a flat stomach too. But my stomach has never been flat. In my 20s, when I was competing in triathlons and doing 2-4 hours of cardio a day I had visible abs above my belly button and a belly bump below.  I wasn’t made to have a flat stomach. And my daughter has never once heard me mention it and I am trying my hardest to make sure she only hears me say positive things about how my body looks and works. Something has to counteract the way she is being bombarded with the idea that there is a narrow definition of an attractive body that is attainable for everyone. [/quote]

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