Average Sized Body Acceptance

Sorry, no current bikini shots for me -- It's cold this time of year!! But here is a current (last night!) picture.

5'7" 150lbs Blue Jeans Sz 9 (US)



Happy New Years!!

bumpers

All those posting pictures look absolutely gorgeous!

you all look amazing!!

this thread is engorged with awesomeness

Bump! I still have around 20 or so pounds until my gw.

Please excuse my paleness! :blushing:



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I think you are beautiful. I don't even think it looks like you have 20 pounds to lose. And your skin looks great too (nothing wrong with light skin).

Aww, thank you!!! :flowerforyou: I think 20 might be too much, but I want to lose at least 10 more. I also want to get really serious with lifting and start a program so I can get stronger and to make me look even better.
It's hard for me to except my pale skin though. People have made fun of me because of it, and while I know I shouldn't care what they think, it's hard to be confident about your skin when that happens.

I'm not quite down to average size as I'm still a UK 14-16 or US 10-12 but I'm pretty average in shape.

5ft 8 and 178lbs

Looking good! Congrats on the weightloss!

get in my feed :bigsmile: !!

All you ladies look gorgeous!!

Bump! I still have around 20 or so pounds until my gw.

Please excuse my paleness! :blushing:



*edited to make pic bigger*

I think you are beautiful. I don't even think it looks like you have 20 pounds to lose. And your skin looks great too (nothing wrong with light skin).

Aww, thank you!!! :flowerforyou: I think 20 might be too much, but I want to lose at least 10 more. I also want to get really serious with lifting and start a program so I can get stronger and to make me look even better.
It's hard for me to except my pale skin though. People have made fun of me because of it, and while I know I shouldn't care what they think, it's hard to be confident about your skin when that happens.

When I was in middle school and high school people made fun of me for having very light skin (so I also thought it was a bad thing) and because I wore sunblock, hats, and used sun umbrellas at the beach (even when I was 12 I wanted to protect the health of my skin). But, that was just because they liked to go tanning at the tanning salon and outside. But, I also have always gotten lots of compliments on my skin. And especially now that I am 35, I get tons of compliments on how young I look and how nice my skin is and that I don't have wrinkles. All skin colors are beautiful. And healthy skin is beautiful. That's me in my ticker, see how light my skin is!!

you average size ladies look fantastic! my question is do you still track food and exercise?

I can't speak for anyone else, but for me, YES! I made the mistake of thinking I could stop once before...I got to within 4 lbs of my ultimate goal weight and walked away from MFP thinking I had it all figured out. I was soooo wrong. Without even realizing it I ended up putting almost all of my weight back on and 9 months later came crawling back to MFP :-( This time around I'm doing things right and realizing that even when I reach my goal weight it doesn't stop there, I still have to be diligent in tracking everything so that I can maintain a healthy weight for life. I'm not near my goal weight yet...but that doesn't mean I'm not enjoying my average sized body and my accomplishments every step of the way! :-)