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[quote=Anonymous][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. [b]Even objectively beautiful women, people who are famous for begin beautiful, will occasionally admit that they secretly hate aspects of their bodies. [/b]

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 am 10 pounds overweight and my body is a hot mess due to loads of surgery for a life-threatening illness. [b]This is, ironically, exactly how I came to peace with my body’s imperfections. I know that even if my body was objectively lovely, I could still find something to hate about it. So I just choose to accept and appreciate it instead. [/b]

Working out - mostly weightlifting and running - helped me set achievable goals related to what my body can do instead of how my body looks.  And I’m sure being sick for a good chunk of my 20s and 30s also gave me perspective and allowed me to focus on being healthy over being attractive in my 40s.  [/quote]

Me too!  I read about these beautiful women who have personal trainers and personal chefs and have to be underweight for the camera, etc., and they find something wrong with their bodies.  And I just thought ... this is a stupid game that no one can win, so I won't play anymore.  It's liberating.  Once you realize that no one has a perfect body, and that the mental energy you waste on wishing you did could be put to such better use, it's liberating.  So, yes, I have love handles and my stomach never went back to "normal" after babies, but I don't care.  I still exercise and watch my diet because being sluggish and bloated doesn't feel very good, but I just don't have the bandwidth to feel bad about not being perfect anymore.  [/quote]

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