tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626032.post7381323606611228980..comments2024-03-20T01:12:06.791-07:00Comments on Snickollet: BodySnickollethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14123630374052898460noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626032.post-35952292531876444072010-11-13T11:47:13.631-08:002010-11-13T11:47:13.631-08:00I am 54, happily married, and I know my husband...I am 54, happily married, and I know my husband's support and acceptance has done a lot for my self-image. But....I struggle with the same things you do, in fact am going through a particular struggle with it right now, probably in large part due to stress at work. I feel pretty discouraged, even though I’m not overweight by any standard but my own, I know where I’ve been and where I want Marthanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626032.post-87445082727035172742010-11-13T10:29:52.131-08:002010-11-13T10:29:52.131-08:00I was glad to see you say that an experience like ...I was glad to see you say that an experience like you've had ages you. In my mid 20s, I went through a horribly traumatic experience with an ill parent. One day in August I looked 19 with no lines on my fast and it seems the next time I really looked at a mirror in January I had all these fine lines around my eyes and mouth. I always felt that the emotional turmoil of that fall was the reasonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626032.post-72751541425598644122010-11-13T08:46:39.560-08:002010-11-13T08:46:39.560-08:00I think it is amazing that you and twins bike arou...I think it is amazing that you and twins bike around town, making your exercise utilitarian. I hope your gentle days will grow and overtake your not so gentle days.eemillahttp://eemilla.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626032.post-27282685631316851662010-11-12T13:16:12.970-08:002010-11-12T13:16:12.970-08:00Up to about the age of 15, I was a Tiny Person. At...Up to about the age of 15, I was a Tiny Person. At about 5'1, I weighed 128 and was a size four. At the time, I felt huge at that number, but my bone structure and body mass were just distributed differently, and looking back, I realize I was a beautiful girl. <br /><br />Then Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome hit me. I gained 90 pounds in four months. <br /><br /><br />Nintey pounds in four monthsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626032.post-25758791095254455572010-11-12T12:43:14.642-08:002010-11-12T12:43:14.642-08:00Do you ever read Anne Lamott? She writes some gre...Do you ever read Anne Lamott? She writes some great essays on this subject(as well as many others!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626032.post-79755387999384001692010-11-12T12:25:15.159-08:002010-11-12T12:25:15.159-08:00Just sending you good vibes and letting know that ...Just sending you good vibes and letting know that you are more than good enough for you, for your kids, and for any future partners, just as you are. xoxo.Christinehttp://swimming-with-sharks.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626032.post-68759492925654705852010-11-12T10:03:52.821-08:002010-11-12T10:03:52.821-08:00Yes, why can't being a perfectionist result in...Yes, why can't being a perfectionist result in being perfect? (So far from it, grrrr.) Welcome to my world.CVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626032.post-2188915126736402010-11-12T08:51:11.601-08:002010-11-12T08:51:11.601-08:00I struggle with similar body issues you do. The d...I struggle with similar body issues you do. The difference is that I'm still not even taking very good care of my body. I just want it to be as easy as it was in my 20's. Clearly that isn't going to happen. I also think I would be way more obsessed with it if I were single. It's not that I don't want to be attractive to my husband, but it is definitely different when you&Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591016025566097464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626032.post-56788975152601334122010-11-12T07:49:11.187-08:002010-11-12T07:49:11.187-08:00I feel the same way you do Snick and I also second...I feel the same way you do Snick and I also second what Anonymous said. I'm 39 and married and working on being more fit, which to me means losing a bit of weight and being stronger. Daily situps and pushups have been worth the minimal time it takes me to do them (while a hot bath is being drawn :) ) and running helps, but the big key has been cutting back on wine. It's not that I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626032.post-47056431299542902892010-11-12T07:39:35.572-08:002010-11-12T07:39:35.572-08:00When I was young and that I would be forever young...When I was young and that I would be forever young, I always presumed that after I had kids, I'd be happily married and wouldn't care anymore. "Old" people don't need to care as much.<br /><br />Interject SIGH for my stupidity.<br /><br />Anyway, two kids later (two single births, and boy is the body not nearly as nice looking after #2 as it was after #1), and I'm stillGillianhttp://www.reluctantgrownupblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626032.post-74490452149256637602010-11-12T07:11:01.091-08:002010-11-12T07:11:01.091-08:00Dear Snick,
I am 53 years old and married, but fee...Dear Snick,<br />I am 53 years old and married, but feel exactly as you do, so age and marital status are not the whole of what you are feeling. Even married people feel strongly that they want to look good for their partners, and want their partners to care of themselves as well. I think part of the problem is that we feel like we are the same person we were when we were say, 25, in terms of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17626032.post-32056572737800223342010-11-12T06:20:50.114-08:002010-11-12T06:20:50.114-08:00(((Snickollet)))
Wishing the road to body accepta...(((Snickollet)))<br /><br />Wishing the road to body acceptance were an easy one.Liz Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469435277058701080noreply@blogger.com