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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People are giving the OP a hard time because she is already thin (way to be cruel and kick someone who is down and asking for help, by the way) but the fact is, I don't know any woman who genuinely loves and accepts her body. People will say they do but then it turns out there are always things they hate and want to change. Even objectively beautiful women, people who are famous for begin beautiful, will occasionally admit that they secretly hate aspects of their bodies.

I have never met someone who is sincerely at peace with how their body is changing in unattractive ways as they get older.

If there are any on here, share your secret, by all means.[/quote]

I don't think anyone affirmatively likes the physical changes of getting older, but I don't hate my body.  I don't think that my value as a person comes from how fit I am or how young I look, which I think is kind of the key.  I think you can want to change something (especially in terms of getting stronger, or building muscles in a weak place, or being more active) without "hating" your body.  You can accept that your body isn't ever going to be "perfect," but that you feel (and look) better if you take reasonable care of it.  But focus on how you feel -- I feel better if I move my body every day, just like I feel better if I eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, and drink enough water, and wear sunscreen so I don't get sunburn.

Also, I think some of it is being afraid of losing control, and, ultimately, of death.  Bodies do all kinds of weird stuff that we don't understand and can't control, and that freaks some people out.  If you are more comfortable with the idea that we're not in charge of everything and we can't control everything, I think you're more comfortable with the idea that you're not in total control of your body.  [/quote]

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