https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:35:30 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1697167 Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:08:56 +0000 Angela K 1697167@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Girl you look awesome! And those shoulders are to die for. I have to work hard to have any shoulder line at all! (I'll be glad when shoulder pads rotate back into style ) See, it's all relative. I keep trying to remind myself that I don't punish myself or feel bad because I'm not taller--why should I fret because I'm not smaller? Enjoy your health, your family, your home and realize that although you may not be perfect you are beautiful like you are! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1697055 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 20:57:24 +0000 texstyle 1697055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think this looks great Una - love the bright color, it's probably perfect for keeping the bears away too ;-). It does look so beautiful there - and you with Kona against that gorgeous scenery is wonderful! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696773 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 13:19:44 +0000 Thirkellgirl 1696773@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I looked, I expanded the photo, and I still don't see a "flabby midsection." You look great to me. Uploading snap-out-of-it slap to Alaska.... It's all relative, my dear. You're out and walking and healthy and beautiful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696766 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:57:50 +0000 RobinF 1696766@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gosh, I know exactly what you mean! I wish I had appreciated my 30 year old body because now I look back and wish I could be back there! Such a tough lesson to learn. I think you look great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696659 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 05:18:50 +0000 goldenpig 1696659@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here's what I see: I see a gorgeous woman in a bright cheery outfit that looks great on her enjoying some fabulous scenery with her adorable pup.</p> <p>Do you have a concave abdomen? No, but most people don't. Do you look fat? No! I don't think I would even notice your belly in this except to say that it looks like you look healthy and seem to be making a fabulous recovery and are looking great! It makes me wonder if we are being too harsh on ourselves. I certainly sympathize as this is exactly what is bugging me about myself too. I am so annoyed with my own flabby belly and weight gain. But I wonder if other fabbers are thinking the same thing about me: "What is she talking about--she looks fine!" I wouldn't be thinking about this so much if my clothes weren't reminding me about my weight gain--like the jeans that are getting too snug. Which is why I'm on the hunt for a new pair of jeans. And of course if people didn't keep asking me if I'm pregnant I'd be OK! I need to stop my (literal) navel gazing and worry about things that are really important.</p> <p>We should go for a hike together someday Una! Your place or mine? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696611 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 02:41:31 +0000 Aquamarine 1696611@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look fab and you seem to have recovered very well indeed. Enjoy your good health! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696563 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 01:00:28 +0000 kerlyn 1696563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>&nbsp;You look beautiful, fit, and healthy, Una! &nbsp;And Kona is a sweetie!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696557 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 00:49:35 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1696557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You're so cute, hiking in a skirt! (I know, skort, but still it's a fun style for hiking. Beats my old baggy pants with zip-off legs.) I love the bright top on you, such a great color. It must be hard trying to get back in shape after surgery. It's good you're able to get out and enjoy hiking. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696448 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 20:57:06 +0000 catgirl 1696448@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, there are both black and grizzly bears here - we make a lot of noise and Kona wears a bell. I am so happy to be back to my outdoor activities and have done 25 miles of hiking in the last week. You all are right - I need to focus on being grateful to live where I do and be able to do what I can.</p> <p>I'm glad the gear look has improved though! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696326 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:20:59 +0000 Jane 1696326@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm pleased to see your dog, and a beautiful blonde! Ao no danger of me thinking it is a bear! (I'm with you Xtabay, I would be worried about bears!)<br />I love the t-shirt colour, also glasses and shoes.&nbsp;<br />It looks so beautiful, I can almost smell the pine.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696302 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:27:36 +0000 Anonymous 1696302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mmm, breathe in that wonderful forest oxygen!&nbsp; But OMG, are there bears around?&nbsp; (I'm such a worrywart.)&nbsp; Looking fit and healthy and happy there, alaskagirl! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696298 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:24:10 +0000 Anonymous 1696298@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look fit and comfortable! I don't see any flab at all. Also, my god, those trees are beautiful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696236 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 14:02:24 +0000 Bonnie 1696236@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Keep on hiking and you will see that whatever problems you see with your body will continue to disappear.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696199 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 12:49:32 +0000 shedev 1696199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't see any flabby midsection. When I spend too much time thinking about not liking how my body looks, I try to focus on appreciating what it can do for me. I have a stepsister who is in a wheelchair and can only walk a few steps though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696150 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 09:07:11 +0000 Jaime 1696150@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look terrific. Nothing in this picture says flabby midsection - I see beauty all around. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696115 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 04:22:44 +0000 Anonymous 1696115@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks good to me. I want to give your dog a big hug. Sooo cute. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696105 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 03:47:44 +0000 Helen11 1696105@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looking good! I like bright gear.<br /> Be kind to yourself- your body might still be changing in recovery. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696094 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 03:30:46 +0000 Sara L. 1696094@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you look fine. I just don't think gear is ever going to look as good as normal clothes. I'm sort of annoyed by that fact but I've also come to terms with it. I don't think I look any better or worse than anyone else I see on the trails with me. The scenery on your hike is gorgeous (I'm waiting for our weather to cool down here to hike again - it's been 100 plus or minus a few degrees for weeks now). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696087 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 03:22:23 +0000 annagybe 1696087@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Enjoy the hike, for me.<br />&nbsp;The smell of evergreens, that weird mossy smell.<br />The *crich* noise of dry needles under boots punctuated by a broken twig. <br />The sun streaking through the tree branches. When you go a from full sun section to full treed while wearing your awesome sunglasses and you realize you can't see jack squat for a few moments and hope you don't trip over a root. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696081 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 03:12:52 +0000 Brooklyn 1696081@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I think you look great. Those colours are wonderful on you and the scenery is gorgeous. Kona is pretty gorgeous too. I think you are being way too hard on yourself. You look fit and healthy and fab. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696076 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 02:36:15 +0000 Beth Ann 1696076@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous color, Una! &nbsp;I'm a big believer in bright outdoor gear --- it makes it easier for my family to stick together!</p> <p>I think you look terrific, along with Una and the great Alaskan wilderness. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696071 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 02:22:39 +0000 Anonymous 1696071@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Excellent t shirt! I really wish Athleta would snap to it and come to Canada like a good little store :). Such gorgeous scenery - you are so lucky to live where you do . </p> <p>Coming to terms with not having the body we once did is the toughest thing - I know it all too well. Not everyone understands it - and it's tough to communicate that without sounding , I don't know , "negative" . I haven't come to terms with it yet either. All I can say is you have a terrific smile , great clothes , and a great family . ( well, at least I hope so - lol) . And I'd give my eye teeth to go for a hike in those woods this summer </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696069 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 02:20:33 +0000 Anonymous 1696069@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The whole look is great, from the top, to the skirt, to the cute shoes.</p> <p>It looks like you might be one of these people who really knows how to get a great gear 'look'. I am not one of these people! There's always something that's off with whatever I'm wearing.</p> <p>I also love the orange puffer that you got. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696054 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 01:28:58 +0000 Suz 1696054@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, you and Kona are a beautiful pair.&nbsp;</p> <p>What a majestic creature she is!</p> <p>And you!! You look fabulous. Love the new top on you. Colour pops against the leaves and I see a woman outdoors getting fit and looking beautiful.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696050 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 01:23:13 +0000 Alassë 1696050@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks great! I think it is an improvement. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696043 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 00:48:41 +0000 catgirl 1696043@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Agree, DH has been able to spot me everywhere in "town"! I guess it's just hard to reconcile myself to never having that 30 year old body and wishing I had appreciated it more then. I suppose it's not too late to apply that same lesson now! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696037 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 00:32:54 +0000 Staysfit 1696037@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think you look great, and I'm not sure what you mean by flab? Recovery mode is tough. Maybe your inner critic is on overdrive because your legs look a mile long, you have a gorgeous smile, your blue sneakers look sneakers great with the coral top., and I don't think anyone focuses on your stomach. People look at the total picture when they see you, not just your mid-section. I like this particular gear look. It's perfect for a hike, and looks like something I would like to wear myself! Including the bright top, especially during deer hunting season! I hate taking a risk hiking then.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1696035 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 00:29:53 +0000 Thistle 1696035@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*sees a healthy, sporty gal out with her best pooch.*<br /> *looks for noted flabby midsection, doesn't see it, thinks Una might need glasses*</p> <p>You look fab and like you are having fun. I hope you enjoyed your walk! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-hopefully-better-gear#post-1695989 Sat, 16 Jul 2016 23:29:45 +0000 catgirl 1695989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On yet another hike. Forced DH to take a picture. This time I wore the new Athleta tee recommended here, and I kept the skort pulled up instead of slouched down. I do have a bag tied around my waist squeezing a bit. </p> <p>I have to confess that all I see here is my still-flabby midsection, but the hike was lovely! Kona enjoyed it too.</p> <p>Feedback welcome. </p>