Yes! The only thing I can do about it now is to love my fat body so that is what I do!

Yes, but then again, being thin doesn't age well, and I'm starting to be at the age where it shows. I don't mind the weight gain generally, I just don't want it to be ALL IN MY BELLY!

Yes, every day.

Absolutely. I thought I was massive in HS/College when in reality I was very thin just tall.

Oh the lamenting over the size 6 pictures. The horror. The ripping them up (oh the good old days). And now, a size 14 thanks to a health issue that (thankfully) is in remission but means a daily dose of prednisone. While on the meds, the thinnest I'll probably realistically be is maybe a 10 (my aim for 2019) and like everyone else, man.. it sucks to have spent that time being in such a healthy body being so miserable. Hoping to change to raise my girls differently.

Anonymous wrote:All the time. It's so funny that I'm far happier with my (slightly heavier) body in my 30s than I ever was with my tall, skinny body of my teens and early 20s.

The biggest lessen I want to teach my daughters as they grow older is self-confidence. It will take you so far in life, and it's something I wish I became stronger in at a much younger age.

OP here. This describes me too. I also think its because I have daughters and want them to feel good. Although to be honest my opinion of myself had nothing to do with my mother growing up. She modeled good habits and was very complementary in a sincere way of me and my sisters all through our lives really.

I am actually slimmer and fitter now at 52 than I was for most of my 30s and 40s and happy with my shape. But when I look at pictures of younger me, teens and twenties (about the same size I am now), I think "it's a pity that I thought I was fat/ was so insecure about my looks back then."

Oh yeah

Anonymous wrote:Yup. All the time.

+1

All the time. It's so funny that I'm far happier with my (slightly heavier) body in my 30s than I ever was with my tall, skinny body of my teens and early 20s.

The biggest lessen I want to teach my daughters as they grow older is self-confidence. It will take you so far in life, and it's something I wish I became stronger in at a much younger age.

All. The. Time.

I can't believe I wasted so much energy hating my body and thinking I was fat in my 20s and early 30's before kids.

my husband tells me not to complain now because heck I could be even fatter one day...LOL

Yup. All the time.

Anonymous wrote:I am pair shaped so always felt "heavy" compared to my peers. In high school I was very thin but still build "wider". I remember just feeling SO FAT in high school and college. Well my old roommate posted a bunch of freshman and sophomore year pics and man I looked freaking fantastic!!! I feel pretty good about my (post 3 babies and late 30s) body now but I can kick myself for not appreciating what I had when I was younger. I remember actively staying home some nights because I just felt bad about how I looked! I couldn't have been more stupid!!!

For SO MANY reasons. But, now is the time to learn, because in 20 years we'll be 20 years older than now too.

Yes. I am 50 and every time somebody doesn't want to take a picture I say, you are going to love this picture in 5 years.

it's pathetic what we have done to women.

I am pair shaped so always felt "heavy" compared to my peers. In high school I was very thin but still build "wider". I remember just feeling SO FAT in high school and college. Well my old roommate posted a bunch of freshman and sophomore year pics and man I looked freaking fantastic!!! I feel pretty good about my (post 3 babies and late 30s) body now but I can kick myself for not appreciating what I had when I was younger. I remember actively staying home some nights because I just felt bad about how I looked! I couldn't have been more stupid!!!