Least favourite body part
claireychn074
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A discussion I overheard made me think about some people’s obsession with one body part; the person I overheard was convinced that slimmer arms would turn her life around.
My least fave body part is my lungs. I can cope with the short stumpy legs (good for weightlifting), the weird skin from hyper mobility, even the past cancer as it made me live more in the day. But my asthma irritates the *kitten* out of me. It interferes in life, reacts to stupid stuff like coriander and interrupts sleep. If I could swap my lungs and immune system I would.
But slimmer arms? Nah, I’m good thanks 😀
My least fave body part is my lungs. I can cope with the short stumpy legs (good for weightlifting), the weird skin from hyper mobility, even the past cancer as it made me live more in the day. But my asthma irritates the *kitten* out of me. It interferes in life, reacts to stupid stuff like coriander and interrupts sleep. If I could swap my lungs and immune system I would.
But slimmer arms? Nah, I’m good thanks 😀
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When I was in high school it was my large feet and calves. I'm long over that. My large feet proved to be an asset in yoga and the calves are inconsequential unless trying to fit into high-calve boots, but it is NBD to find lower boots.
Currently, the least favorite part of my body is my fibroids, but I'm not willing to give up my uterus to get rid of them, and am waiting for the decrease in estrogen at menopause to shrink them. I'll be 55 in Dec, so any time now...6 -
To look at— was my knees when at normal weight. It’s my bat wings now.
Functioning— thyroid.2 -
Meh, I hate it all! Too short, hair very fine and thin, nose too big, feet too wide for their size, tummy not flat (4 kids and a total abdominal hysterectomy for fibroids will do that!), workman’s hands (wide and stumpy like my feet!), boobs too big, no butt to speak of….shoulders too broad and square,
Legs are ok, except I’m too short so they’re short too, even if decently shaped and slim.
I’m a mess, what can I say! 🤷♀️
On the other hand, I’m healthy as a horse at 60 with no medical issues so I guess it’s served me well enough - I’d just change the aesthetics 😂6 -
claireychn074 wrote: »A discussion I overheard made me think about some people’s obsession with one body part; the person I overheard was convinced that slimmer arms would turn her life around.
My least fave body part is my lungs. I can cope with the short stumpy legs (good for weightlifting), the weird skin from hyper mobility, even the past cancer as it made me live more in the day. But my asthma irritates the *kitten* out of me. It interferes in life, reacts to stupid stuff like coriander and interrupts sleep. If I could swap my lungs and immune system I would.
But slimmer arms? Nah, I’m good thanks 😀
I’m just here to find out what you mean by wierd skin from hyper mobility.
Over the past couple years, I’ve learned to love and, better yet, accept it all - though I will confess to a life changing reduction nine or ten years ago.2 -
My skin, it has always been my skin. Acne in the face (from when I was 12 till now, at 38 still) and so many stretch marks.
Having lost nearly 70lbs, the stretch marks look a whole lot worse now than when I was obese, combined with loose skin (but if I hadn't become obese, I wouldn't have had as many stretch marks).
My other 'lesser' areas are peanuts compared to those. Well, perhaps my 'resting *kitten* face' deserves a mention too, apparently it scares some people off, lol.
But functionally? My body has not given me any significant trouble at all, really no complaints, I'm lucky!4 -
My wonky pancreas.2
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Thinking of bodies as collections of parts is IMO a strange side-effect of having analytic brains (which of course are just one of those integrated parts).
I think it's natural for any of us to wish we didn't have to cope with parts that act up, as OP's lungs do. (For me, it's knees mostly, and eyes the last few years, plus some trivia elsewhere - at this point, it's all got a few miles on it, y'know? 😆) The parts that tried to kill me left surgically, with extreme prejudice, quite a few years back. I don't miss them.
I *am* my body - what remains, anyway - as a totality. I don't really understand that impulse to think my life would be revolutionarily better if some part of me *looked* different. (Is that just a compartmentalized form of self-hatred? 🤷♀️)
A lot of parts, ones that could change, that I'd perhaps like to change, I can work on. I don't need to dislike them. The ones that can't change, or I don't want to put in the work it would take, I need to live with. Fussing about things I can't change, or things that aren't changed yet, just seems like unnecessary negativity in the moment, spoils the now.
Others' mileage varies, as usual. 😉4 -
Hamstrings. I can't get them rounder like I can my biceps. So my legs are more spindly looking. But it's a minor issue. Overall I'm pretty satisfied about how I'm built.
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I’m just here to find out what you mean by wierd skin [/quote]
🤣🤣 I have extra stretchy skin, so my knees for instance are permanently wrinkly and I can make faces with them. Thought everyone could pull their skin a couple of inches but it turns out it’s not “normal”. It’s no biggy, just a weird thing!0 -
My knees.
I've learned to love (well, more like, not dislike) all the other parts of my body, but my knees are weirdly shaped and look weird.
Also I have a family history of bad knees, so that's also a thing.0 -
My left knee.
Lost 90% of the lateral cartilege and severed the posterior cruciate ligament,
It's given me pain for 30 years, has restricted my exercise and sports choices and will end up needing a knee replacement some time in the future.3 -
My boobs, they cause me so much pain and hassle. Can't do high impact stuff unless I'm willing to restrict my breathing with super tight sports bras. Can't find swimwear that fits a large bust but small waist and short height but I love swimming. Have to wear extra layers in summer to hide industrial bras. Back pain and shoulder pain, poor posture and lordosis causing trapped nerves. Skin rashes underneath from sweating. They get in the way when sleeping and they're lopsided, one is much bigger than the other and I have to wear pads on them so they don't show through my clothes. They get in the way and restrict my mobility and I'm always spilling stuff on them. They're pointless and annoying and life would be so much easier without them.14
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I always focus on my belly - it has never been flat even when I was slim size 8/10 (UK size)
At 5ft 7 I was quite lean - but my belly never has never been flat.
Now at a size 16 and around 30 / 40lbs overweight and 15yrs older my belly is the first thing I see when I look in the mirror.
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39flavours wrote: »My boobs, they cause me so much pain and hassle. Can't do high impact stuff unless I'm willing to restrict my breathing with super tight sports bras. Can't find swimwear that fits a large bust but small waist and short height but I love swimming. Have to wear extra layers in summer to hide industrial bras. Back pain and shoulder pain, poor posture and lordosis causing trapped nerves. Skin rashes underneath from sweating. They get in the way when sleeping and they're lopsided, one is much bigger than the other and I have to wear pads on them so they don't show through my clothes. They get in the way and restrict my mobility and I'm always spilling stuff on them. They're pointless and annoying and life would be so much easier without them.
Sweetie, you sound just like me except you forgot to mention the staring, and the male customers who would come every month to “visit your boobs”, as a coworker so delicately put it.
And the brown hollowed out “dents” they left above my hips where they rested, which are only now starting to disappear.
I felt like boobs with arms and legs attached. A Spongebob of boobs.
A reduction was life changing, quite honestly, even more so than the weight loss. I could go out in public and didn’t feel like everyone stared. I don’t even care if the headlights show anymore.
The only time I ever felt any love for them (outside of breastfeeding) was one time I was traveling in Beijing and was in a very untouristed area. I was sitting on a stone wall while the rest of my family was in a shop. A small crowd of men and women gathered and began pointing at my chest. An elderly man spoke to me politely, and then bowed very deeply and respectfully, and I realized that, instead of being a freak of nature in a country of small bosomed women, I was being respected as some kind of goddess. It was really weird and surreal but not at all sexual like in the West.
And if someone here is Chinese, please don’t tell me anything else. Leave me to me own surmises.11 -
claireychn074 wrote: »
I’m just here to find out what you mean by wierd skin [/quote]
🤣🤣 I have extra stretchy skin, so my knees for instance are permanently wrinkly and I can make faces with them. Thought everyone could pull their skin a couple of inches but it turns out it’s not “normal”. It’s no biggy, just a weird thing![/quote]
Interesting. I’m hyper mobile, too, but the extra skin on my knees is from weight loss. If it’s bagging, it usually means I’m dehydrated.
Now the Floam ring around my belly, that is moldable, and the source of endless bathtub fun.0 -
Easy...I view my entire reproductive system the same way I view my husband's sports car...
I've never used it, it's expensive to maintain, and causes nothing but problems.9 -
Love handles. I can get down to 15% bf and they still don't go away.1
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A little less tummy and bust, please…3
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My back, because it's beyond redemption and being bed bound every now and then is a fact of life. I don't dwell too much on it, though. My motto in all things is "accept and adapt", so I'm past hating my back (or any other part of my body for that matter) because I would rather have a bad back than have a bad back AND feel miserable about it. Looks-wise, nothing. I just don't think too much about it. Loose skin and lumpy fat deposits? Meh, I've lost a *kitten* ton of weight, so what else do you expect? It's either that or diabetes, and I know what I like better.8
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@springlering62 lol, I'm not sure how I'd feel if I had been in that situation, being given reverence and respect for the size of my bosom! Probably it would have triggered my righteous feminist side and annoyed me quite a bit! Luckily I don't have much issues with staring, I generally stay away from public spaces when I can and do a good job of avoiding eye contact and slouching and wearing loose high necked clothes to hide my chest when I can't. If I win the lottery then a breast lift and reduction will be the first thing I do, once I've got to my goal weight so I can see what's left to be dealt with.2
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39flavours wrote: »@springlering62 lol, I'm not sure how I'd feel if I had been in that situation, being given reverence and respect for the size of my bosom! Probably it would have triggered my righteous feminist side and annoyed me quite a bit! Luckily I don't have much issues with staring, I generally stay away from public spaces when I can and do a good job of avoiding eye contact and slouching and wearing loose high necked clothes to hide my chest when I can't. If I win the lottery then a breast lift and reduction will be the first thing I do, once I've got to my goal weight so I can see what's left to be dealt with.
Sounds like it might be possible to get a reduction covered due to pain. It can be a lengthy process, which works for you as you are not at your goal weight yet.
https://www.plasticsurgery.org/news/blog/is-breast-reduction-covered-by-health-insurance
...In our practice, it has become increasingly difficult to obtain insurance coverage for breast reduction surgery. Insurance companies frequently require 2-3 documented reports from other referred specialists before they'll consider covering it. Also, the insurance companies commonly request 6-12 months of documentation and treatment by either a physical therapist, chiropractor, dermatologist or orthopedist.
What does this mean for a patient who needs the procedure due to chronic health problems caused by macromastia? Keep yourself updated on policies during this process, as the insurance company's criteria are this year might not be the same next year.
If you feel that you are a candidate for breast reduction surgery and are requesting coverage under your health insurance, it is important that you contact your health insurance carrier and have them forward to you in writing their criteria for coverage. Every insurance company has different, independent criteria and indications. While your neighbor down the street may qualify for the procedure via one insurance carrier with a seemingly less severe situation, you may not be given the same answer by yours. On average, it takes between 3-6 months of preparation, including secondary consultations with other healthcare providers and possible therapy (physical therapy or chiropractics) to qualify for insurance coverage for breast reduction.
How do you handle this? Notify your primary care physician as soon as possible concerning any symptoms which may be related to your macromastia. It is never too early to start the process. Please contact your plastic surgeon's office with any questions you might have that relate to breast reduction surgery and coverage through your health insurance and they can try to help guide you through the process, so that you can obtain the care you need.
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Legs! They aren't a great shape, despite about a billion squats and lunges, my knees look old, and they hurt fairly often!3
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I have a story to tell - tl;dr version is: it has changed, and sometimes even depends on my mood.
Here's why:
In my younger years I was fairly happy with my body overall, but always hated my little "alien belly" as I called it. I could have a great bikini body in the morning - but one sip of water and * poof * little alien belly.
Yes, I still have the "alien belly" but a number of years and too many pounds later, it's the least of my worries. Looking in the mirror, I hate my "saddle bags" now. They are NOT love handles, and basically take any curves I might otherwise be able to pull off and go NOPE, YOU SHALL LOOK LIKE A SAD PLUM with twiggy arms and legs.
But then there are the "new" parts of my body - alterations from - in my case - injuries. I have a rather NASTY looking ankle and lower leg now, and my legs used to be my pride and joy. Not only is it ugly as sin (think slightly deformed, nasty scars up and down both sides, plus holes from the pins in the external fixator) it ALSO functions like butt.
I can't wear heels, I can't run, I can barely jump (and very limited), and if I use it too much it swells and discolors and looks even nastier than it already does.
Oh, and then there's the constant, every single day pain.
NEXT in line are my eyes - several concussions later in life, and I have Strabismic Amblyopia (basically, it looks like a lazy eye much of the time). Drives me bonkers - doing some therapy to correct it, which helps it look better to others, but actually makes it harder for me to ignore the non-convergent images).
Thing is, both of the injuries are because I do cool stuff and have some amazing stories to tell and many yet to live. So, while I hate them from a beauty/vanity perspective, I love why they are there (if that makes any sense) and at least the leg, can wear it proudly (while constantly being embarrassed at the same time - go figure).
The saddle bags - not so much, but I know I ultimately have control over them. It's my choice not to be more strict with my diet and lose the extra weight, so while I hate them, I also know it's my own dang fault and hating them won't change anything unless I change my actions first.
My alien belly - guess I'm just at that age there are enough other things, if that was my only thing left to pick apart I doubt I'd care much at all anymore.7 -
Belly for me too.Walkywalkerson wrote: »I always focus on my belly - it has never been flat even when I was slim size 8/10 (UK size)
At 5ft 7 I was quite lean - but my belly never has never been flat.
Now at a size 16 and around 30 / 40lbs overweight and 15yrs older my belly is the first thing I see when I look in the mirror.
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My other 'lesser' areas are peanuts compared to those. Well, perhaps my 'resting *kitten* face' deserves a mention too, apparently it scares some people off, lol.
RBF for me too. I wish I had one of those mouths that always looks smiley instead of being told I'm "sullen" or "angry" when my face is simply neutral.
I could do without the family tendency to facial thinning with age. My grandmother looked like a skull with skin over it by the time she was 70 and I can tell that I'm heading in that direction too.6 -
Honestly, if I went down this rabbit hole it would be hard for me to choose my least favorite body part....not because I don't think I'm that great, but because it would be hard for me to narrow it down since I could name several body parts I don't like. The thing is, if I focus on the negative, it doesn't motivate me to change, or it may even be something I can't change. I'd rather focus on positive stuff.
I'm fortunate that I have a pretty well-functioning body for 45. Yeah, my vision got worse and I started wearing glasses 4 years ago, I often have achy joints and injure myself pretty easily because of imbalances and hypermobility of some joints, and I (used to) have digestive issues. I do what I can, though, to correct those issues an and try not to hyperfocus on them, and to take pretty good care of myself to prevent/minimize further issues. It sounds bad, but I know there are people who are a lot worse off than I am, but I do what I can.
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My pinkie toe fingernails. My toes are curved downward (only way to describe it) and the nail like goes down into my toe, I can't see the bottom of it...
Unfortunately no exercising or stretching or anything I can do can change that.1 -
i have a creepy little man butt. i work my legs and stay in pretty good shape but my butt never improves. its not saggy its just so tiny. my wife asks what i sit on. i started doing glute specific work on leg day. we will see what we get.1
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have really slight double chin have noticed in some photos and not to fond of that, My stomach because seems is harder to get weight off there than anywhere else with my age and my waist is pretty small but put on weight there seems like0
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