Comments on: What Do You Like About the Way You Look?

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 19:05:24 +0000

This made me tear up. I had my first baby almost a year and a half ago, and I’ve been really struggling with the changes to my body and the fact that they seem to be sticking around. I’ve also been working with my therapist on undoing all the trauma I didn’t realize I had after being raised by a mother with an eating disorder, something she still struggles with to this day. I hope one day to get to this level of joy about my body.

By: Ili

Ili — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:48:08 +0000

This post is making me think. I was going to write what other’s have said they liked about me. Once in college a friend said I had a pretty forehead, someone in high school said I had nice legs But… I can’t think what is the part of me I like the most. I think about what I like about my children and husband regularly. However, I have not allowed myself to think about what I like the most about the way I look. It’s almost like not having permission to reflect on that question. I have homework now…

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:23:07 +0000

My legs that look — and are! — strong.

By: Sasa

Sasa — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 04:52:00 +0000

In reply to Suz.

I took up pole dancing three years ago when I was 41 and the thing I like the most about myself is also my muscles – and agree about never too late, most of the people in my classes are also much younger, but I feel as strong, which is cool. It’s great to feel so lithe, and know I can do hard, painful things. I also have great veins and I like my jaw :)

By: Sheila S

Sheila S — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 14:17:06 +0000

I have puffy under-eyes that I didn’t like much until my wonderful high school boyfriend unprompted told me he “really liked.” Also, I’m an orthodontist, and I want to remind everyone that the most beautiful part of a smile is using it.

By: Katharine

Katharine — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:33:54 +0000

I love my belly button! I did not realize before two pregnancies (almost 20 lbs of baby in total!) that belly buttons could get saggy. I definitely realize it now! As a former dancer who grew into adulthood with a lot of body issues, I felt so much dread through both my pregnancies about my body changing in ways that I couldn’t control or undo. But I’ve come to have so much affection for those changes, and now I think all the little folds around the top of my belly button are genuinely cute. I even love wearing crop tops! I was showing it off to my kids yesterday, and the way their faces were glowing when I talked about them growing inside me was worth every wrinkle and pucker.