I’m a 38/F with two young kids and my body isn’t the same since having kids. I’m not majorly overweight, but my midsection is bigger and I look pregnant in clothing that clings to my stomach. Pre-kids, I was always a thin, petite person, so it’s a bit of an identity crisis.
So I’m having a dilemma in dealing with the feeling/message that says “You should be thin in order to be beautiful.” While this is not PC, I can’t deny that I would feel more beautiful and confident if I lost weight and tightened up. But it doesn’t seem to be a very enlightened way of thinking—we shouldn’t be deriving our sense of self-worth from something as fleeting and surface level as the appearance of our body, right?
Yes—exercise, eating well, etc has physical and mental health benefits. But I’d be lying to myself if I said I was doing those things for “health” reasons. I just want to look hot again in a bathing suit!
Anyone else deal with these conflicting feelings about weight loss and body image?
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