https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:41:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1261439 Mon, 26 May 2014 16:22:25 +0000 gardenchick 1261439@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for sharing...this is awesome! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1258620 Thu, 22 May 2014 23:12:29 +0000 jackiec 1258620@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amazing and great perspective!</p> <p>Ah just one pull-up would be so cool..... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1258393 Thu, 22 May 2014 18:24:06 +0000 Transcona Shannon 1258393@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow. I'm kinda speechless after reading this. Talk about inspirational. Thank you </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1258228 Thu, 22 May 2014 15:02:25 +0000 Adelfa 1258228@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you so much for posting this. I too would love to be able to do a pullup and a man's pushup--never done either in my life! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1258110 Thu, 22 May 2014 12:16:05 +0000 pastrygirl 1258110@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for posting! That was well worth reading (and seeing). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1258057 Thu, 22 May 2014 09:57:26 +0000 Irene 1258057@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not an excercise-driven person, and have absolutely no interest in being able to do one leg crunches, but I totally get what she means.</p> <p>There is so much more to a body, and there's also the person inside. Sometimes I get hung up on what my body looks like and the many things I don't like about it... but I can walk at a fast pace and being slim makes me light even if I don't have the strongest muscles out there and since I started swimming, running to catch the bus has become invigorating instead of a painful experience (had to do that yesterday, and it felt SO GOOD, like a final sprint after a very tiring day).&nbsp;</p> <p>Damn, now I feel like going out for a run! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1258040 Thu, 22 May 2014 08:20:06 +0000 Anonymous 1258040@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I got really emotional reading that thank you so much for sharing. What a wonderful, beautiful woman. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1258006 Thu, 22 May 2014 05:59:41 +0000 Lyn D. 1258006@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A lesson for us all- thanks for the reminder to be grateful for what we have right now! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1258005 Thu, 22 May 2014 05:57:26 +0000 Caro in Oz 1258005@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amazing - thanks so much for sharing </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1257991 Thu, 22 May 2014 04:59:04 +0000 kellygirl 1257991@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What an amazing woman and role model! Thanks for sharing. I would never have seen this if you hadn't posted. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1257988 Thu, 22 May 2014 04:48:52 +0000 ClaraT 1257988@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this. Thanks for posting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1257961 Thu, 22 May 2014 04:03:35 +0000 Mo 1257961@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good on her! &nbsp;It's hard to change old habits, but I am trying to focus on goals other than lbs on the scale. &nbsp;Pull ups is the thing this year I want to be able to say I did. &nbsp;I am enjoying feeling fast or strong, rather than 'thin' when I'm training and I like that shift. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1257943 Thu, 22 May 2014 03:42:44 +0000 annagybe 1257943@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cool, seriously cool. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1257936 Thu, 22 May 2014 03:14:18 +0000 sarah 1257936@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow. She is amazing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1257902 Thu, 22 May 2014 02:08:09 +0000 Carla 1257902@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>L'Abeille! I have the same rib cage thing going on, as does DS#2. With a small bust, it is like having 'double boobs'. On the other hand I understand the lung capacity thing completely! DS#2 plays the baritone sax and was paired up with that instrument when he was 12 after 1 year of playing Alto. No one had been able to get a sound out of it in the previous 3 years! </p> <p>We got him his own baritone sax at 14. He played in 3 bands and got invited to be in a pit band for a musical 'Anything Goes'. He's 22 now, and still plays! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1257883 Thu, 22 May 2014 01:45:31 +0000 MsMaven 1257883@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow! Thanks for posting this. It is so easy to lose perspective and focus on our flaws. </p> <p>She is a brave and wonderful woman. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1257855 Thu, 22 May 2014 01:10:17 +0000 L'Abeille 1257855@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haven't read the article yet, but: This resonates with me because of something I have been meaning to post for ages. I have always criticized myself because my rib cage flares out at the bottom,. so the advice that "everyone" is flattered by empire waists/clothes that go in under the bust at the "narrowest" point just doesn't work for me.</p> <p>My eyes were opened when during the last Olympics, a fashion spread involving athletes in a Canadian mag quoted an Olympic swimmer. She reoprted the same physical "anomaly"., only she phrased it so differently: "I don't look good in empire waists--because I have a wide lower rib cage. That's how I have the lung capacity to be a competitive swimmer" And I thought, Wow!</p> <p>Then I realized, well, I'm no athlete. But that's probably why I have the lung capacity to be a singer! And I've tried to stop judging my body... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1257851 Thu, 22 May 2014 01:05:32 +0000 Isabel 1257851@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is just so fantastic. I often look at my mom's elderly and beat up hands and arthritis and I think of all the incredible, loving things those hands have done and continue to do. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1257784 Wed, 21 May 2014 23:15:43 +0000 JenA 1257784@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful story. Thank you for sharing it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1257760 Wed, 21 May 2014 22:39:53 +0000 viva 1257760@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for posting that, Cciele. She is a brave and inspiring woman. Love her energy and her story -- so motivating and not just in terms of body image. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1257759 Wed, 21 May 2014 22:36:45 +0000 rabbit 1257759@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good article!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/10-reasons-i-love-my-ugly-bod#post-1257750 Wed, 21 May 2014 22:21:58 +0000 cciele 1257750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"10+ Reasons I Love My Ugly Body" is a post by blogger and personal trainer Andrea Matthes. She has a wonderful message about celebrating what your body can do rather than what it looks like. This post has resonated with so many people that it brought her website down!&nbsp;</p> <p>Anyhow, I think it's back:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://imperfectlife.net/ilovemyuglybody/">http://imperfectlife.net/ilovemyuglybody/</a><br />and if you can't access it directly, try the cached copy&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://archive.today/SX0p3">http://archive.today/SX0p3</a></p> <p>Enjoy! </p>