Unhappy with my body

[MrsNutkin]

After I gave birth I was super happy with my body and now I'm happy with my weight but not happy with my stomach

[Pi.R^2]

Hello,

Just to clarify, are you seeking support about body image?

[MrsNutkin]

Yes please. I wasn’t very clear. I’m just not happy. Working on changing things but I seem to be up and down a lot with how I feel in relation to my body.

[Pi.R^2]

For me I think there's two approaches to help with body image. Firstly it can help to try to drown out the negatives with the positives - thinking about all the things my body enables me to do and that despite anything bad I do or have done do it, it relentlessly keeps on going, enabling me to breathe, think, talk and move around.

Sometimes that feels a bit fake and trying to just accept it is a better route. Yep, I don't like it and yep there will always be bits of me I'm not too keen on but there's no wrong way to have a body and if I want the people who look up to me to believe that, then I have to believe it too and not fixate on things I don't like.

I don't know if any of that helps. Basically I hear you and body image can be a bitch!

[tiptoes]

I'm nearly 3 years post partum and still waiting to get used to my new tummy!

I am carry a bit more weight than before I had my daughter but most of the changes that are hard to adjust too are the feel. It's wobbly and doughy now. I lost a lot of weight when breastfeeding and this was the case when I was underweight too so I know the bit that I hate the most is just from the pregnancy. My husband calls it my achievement belly but it's hard when I look in the mirror.

Sorry not much help but I 100% can relate. Much love x