lol, tinybride deleted.

[sugarbear]

Jan 26, 2016 11:14:20 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

The beautiful thing about literally never having had abs is threads like that don't make me feel badly post kids. I read that one while eating M&Ms lol.

Right? Her body is so far removed from my (pre- and post- kids) reality that it didn't even register. I looked at the picture and thought, "that's simply not something I can ever aspire to," and closed the thread. 

[MixedBerryJam]

She's never really been on my radar, at least from the little I know about her. But I just saw her blog from the link in @absinthe's post above mine, and it makes much more sense now that I realize she sells those bands. Sheesh.

[Deleted]

Jan 26, 2016 10:11:36 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

I have to admit, I'm sick to death of feeling badly about myself. Never being thin enough, pretty enough, smart enough, a good enough mom, spouse, employee, etc.
I'm fucking over it. I'm exhausted.

I found this and hit me like a ton of bricks:




YAAAASSS SAY IT AGAIN FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!!!

[Deleted]

Jan 26, 2016 12:13:36 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Jan 26, 2016 12:05:01 GMT -5 @absinthe said:

I'll just leave this here.

pandce.proboards.com/thread/95619/awing-mood-post-partum-pip

She did say she'd told us before.

She did title it an AW as well.

[Deleted]

I tried one of those binder things ( THE KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN ENDORSED ONE!!!) after having DS. All it did was make my sweaty, sad, insane, floppy, post partum self feel WORSE and SQUEEZED and make it harder to sleep and take care of my screaming crying newborn.

FUCK THAT SHIT.

I look like a chubby Mom. I am like it. It's how I am supposed to look during these season of my life. I cut myself some fucking slack.

[cleo29]

Jan 26, 2016 12:20:11 GMT -5 @absinthe said:

Jan 26, 2016 12:13:36 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

She did say she'd told us before.

She did title it an AW as well.

It is amazing to see how much a difference choice of words and I guess tone can make. HEr reception of pretty muh the exact same thing could not be more different, perhaps that is why she posted as she did.

I also think a lesson is if you hurt people, no matter if it is intended or not (believe me, I have done that here), you simply say you are sorry for being hurtful. That is all.

I mean, I can't speak for others, but I feel pretty shitty when I realize my careless words have hurt someone.

[cville]

Jan 26, 2016 11:59:10 GMT -5 toledo said:

Jan 26, 2016 10:11:36 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

I have to admit, I'm sick to death of feeling badly about myself. Never being thin enough, pretty enough, smart enough, a good enough mom, spouse, employee, etc.
I'm fucking over it. I'm exhausted.

I found this and hit me like a ton of bricks:

You. Are. Amazing.

Everyone who has met you from here absolutely adores you.  What does that tell you?

I HAVEN'T met you and I adore you. And I think you look like an Irish princess.

[Alyssa]

She reminds me of my old college roommate.  She's 5'1 and very petite and recently quit her full time job to be a SAHM and online fitness coach/Shakeology sales rep.  All she does is push how great she looks on FB, but you can be like her if you follow her fitness plan.  Enticing?  Not really.

[bcv513]

I've been struggling with the thought of how my H will ever find me attractive again after pregnancy. My stomach looks like it's been mauled by a tiger. I feel sick every time I look at it. And I was not that attractive before. I'm going to repeat puddleofgrace 's mantra from now on

[Deleted]

Jan 26, 2016 11:59:10 GMT -5 toledo said:

Jan 26, 2016 10:11:36 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

I have to admit, I'm sick to death of feeling badly about myself. Never being thin enough, pretty enough, smart enough, a good enough mom, spouse, employee, etc.
I'm fucking over it. I'm exhausted.

I found this and hit me like a ton of bricks:

You. Are. Amazing.

Everyone who has met you from here absolutely adores you.  What does that tell you?

And people who haven't met her!


Muah POG!

[themysteriouswife]

Jan 26, 2016 13:21:31 GMT -5 bcv513 said:

I've been struggling with the thought of how my H will ever find me attractive again after pregnancy. My stomach looks like it's been mauled by a tiger. I feel sick every time I look at it. And I was not that attractive before. I'm going to repeat puddleofgrace 's mantra from now on

I felt the same way. H has been my number one supporter in reassuring my looks. Come sit by me. We will hug it out and pat each other's backs

[bcv513]

Jan 26, 2016 13:34:40 GMT -5 themysteriouswife said:

Jan 26, 2016 13:21:31 GMT -5 bcv513 said:

I've been struggling with the thought of how my H will ever find me attractive again after pregnancy. My stomach looks like it's been mauled by a tiger. I feel sick every time I look at it. And I was not that attractive before. I'm going to repeat puddleofgrace 's mantra from now on

I felt the same way. H has been my number one supporter in reassuring my looks. Come sit by me. We will hug it out and pat each other's backs

[mrsukyankee]

Hugs to all of you. I haven't had children, workout plenty and even at my most athletic slim days (at 18% body fat), I still did not have a 'six pack' - my weight is carried in my bum and belly and always will. I'm now 47 and I'm going to wear a bikini for the rest of my days - fuck anyone who says anything to me. Going to a beach on a Spanish Island allowed me to see that women of all sizes could be proud of their bodies, from stick thin with no boobs going topless to quite large women doing the same. And all of them looked beautiful because they owned it. So, I'm going to own it and I hope you all do as well. You are beautiful not just because of your amazing array of bodies but because you are mums and very cool, interesting people.

[pretzel]

I never had babies--but I gained and lost a ton of weight (it's baaaack), and when I did, no amount of planks or bands or whatevers could move the excess leftovers around. It was what it was and I just had to learn to dress around it. My friend, a mom of a five year old, and I would go shopping together and talk about how it felt like we were dealing with the exact same issue.

If I had been a mom, I would have felt as you all did about that thread. Since the OP was deleted when I "walked in" I wondered for a long time kept why farmville lover (the new first post) was calling herself pretty. LOL.