https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:49:29 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1612011 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 21:00:54 +0000 Beth Ann 1612011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well said, and necessary to hear and understand.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611802 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 11:49:43 +0000 gryffin 1611802@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We forget about how marvelous and miraculous our bodies are. &nbsp;That they function at all, and so perfectly most of the time, well it's jaw droppingly wonderous to me. &nbsp;I think most people never appreciate what amazing creatures we are until we, or someone else gets sick. &nbsp;Only then do we start to think of all the things that could go wrong but don't and how much goes right. &nbsp;So when you are healthy, strong, pain free - it might be more difficult to love your body despite perceived societal imperfections but that does not make it less miraculous. &nbsp;That we are alive today, here to experience all the wonders that surround us, to see the sunrise, to hold a sleeping child, to laugh with friends, to be able to love, and yes, wear amazing outfits (;-) , if you put it into context it's easier to be grateful for these wonderful if slightly battered bodies of ours. &nbsp;Yes, these lived in, scarred, lined, slightly worse for the wear and tear forms are a miracle and being mindful of that can allow us to thank them for their faithful service and dress them and treat them as the dear friends they ought to be. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611747 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 04:48:50 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1611747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's really touching, isn't it? And I'm contemplating Rachylou's comment, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611739 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 04:37:52 +0000 Sally 1611739@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I found it quite moving....all those years beating&nbsp;myself up for my shape or weight...only now I'm starting to love it and feed it healthy food and take it for exercise etc not to change it but to look after it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611641 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 00:36:57 +0000 deb 1611641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611595 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 23:43:30 +0000 Angie 1611595@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>SWEET!</b> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611580 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 23:19:50 +0000 Nadya 1611580@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>&lt;3 </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611577 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 23:14:05 +0000 rachylou 1611577@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting. Maybe for the first time ever I've understood a sentiment like this. But, as a professional patient, I kinda wish my body would wish to be my friend as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611543 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 21:54:19 +0000 Style Fan 1611543@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very beautiful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611524 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 21:14:19 +0000 Iron Ethel Flint 1611524@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yup. Me too.</p> <p>Over 50 extreme apple gal thanking you for sharing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611515 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 20:51:24 +0000 catgirl 1611515@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It made me teary too - have been thinking about why... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611510 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 20:39:39 +0000 Gail 1611510@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it, want to print it out.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611506 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 20:35:27 +0000 Lyn D. 1611506@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611496 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 20:23:11 +0000 El Cee 1611496@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for this Una. Now I need to post this somewhere… bathroom mirror… closet door… so that I see it each day.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611490 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 20:15:28 +0000 unfrumped 1611490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611486 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 20:04:24 +0000 MTBGirl 1611486@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>awesome. (made me a bit teary)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611466 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 19:35:21 +0000 Elizabeth P 1611466@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yup, powerful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611462 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 19:29:00 +0000 Anonymous 1611462@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Agreed TG ...powerful</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611458 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 19:19:35 +0000 Anonymous 1611458@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Helpful! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611454 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 19:05:21 +0000 Helena 1611454@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Powerful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-quote-on-body-image#post-1611451 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 18:50:30 +0000 catgirl 1611451@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This really resonated with me this morning. </p>