What do you LIKE....
 

about yourself???

I'm starting a thread about "what I like about myself" - I know we are all here on 3fatchicks because we are trying to become healthier and ALL of us have one or two (or many) things we DON'T like about our bodies - and believe me, I could sit here and list them ALL...but I want to know - what do you LIKE about your body? You can make your list as short as one or as long as you want - don't be shy. Too many times during the day, EVERY day, I'm sure you all (if you're like me...) sit there and criticize all the things you hate about yourself...well, instead - we need to figure out what it is we LOVE about ourselves...It's GOOD to have things that you DO like...so c'mon - what are they? They can be about your body or the changes you've made to your lifestyle.


1. I have fantastic legs - especially my calves.
2. I LOVE my collar bones (and the fact that they show)!
3. I have perfectly arched eyebrows.
4. I have great hair.
5. I may not be a gym-rat - but I do go to the gym 3 - 4 times a week.
6. I love biking and roller-blading.
7. I CAN walk 6 miles or more (i've done it before).
8. I may not be "perfect" with my eating habits - but for the most part, I
honestly do eat "healthy".
9. When I go out to a resteraunt, I honestly CAN'T eat the ENTIRE plate
anymore...I ALWAYS come home with at least HALF of my meal (this is
a huge one for me!).
10. I'm not afraid to dance by myself at a club.


Now, I'm curious - what do you all love about your body & your lifestyle?

I love....

1. My eyes
2. My red hair
3. My butt ( hehe)
4. My legs
5. The fact that i can commit myself to anything I want, I have a very strong mind.
6. My personality, because people like me :)

I'm very good at sensual dancing, I have nice short curley hair, I have soft fem. facial features, and I love to draw and paint.

Thats what I like about myself XD.

I like my face now that it isn't all round. I have large DD's which are nice. I have thin hips and legs now. I love seeing my collar bones and shoulders now without all the padding. I have big brown eyes which are pretty. Come to think of it, I'm just pretty darn hot now. LOL

I like this thread...

1.I loooove my eyes. They are the prettiest color blue with gold flecks in them
2.I am strong and i can walk, run, jump, dance, etc, with everyone else.
3.I am amazingly flexible. Its CRAZY. Me and my sister both. You wouldn't think that I, of all people, would be flexible, but I am. I can do backbends, touch WAY past my toes, do the splits, etc.
4.I am very smart, I rank 5th from the top out of the 87 kids in my class.
5. I am funny. I can always make people laugh
6.I..have an 'old soul' or I am mature for my age. I am glad that I dont act as stupid as most teenagers these days.
7.I know who i am and who i want to be, i have all my dreams figured out, and I am doing my best to make them happen.

I love my eyes
My hair for the most part

That's all I can think of right now.

I'm still thinking...

I like this thread too. It helps you focus on positive self image

1. I like my eyes
2. I am very compassionate
3. I have pretty feet
4. I have nice skin
5. I can sing pretty well
6. My hair is nice

I think that's all...

I like this thread to! I never think about the things I like, only the things that I wanna change.

I do love my eyes.
I love my eyelashes, they are super long.
I love my teeth.
I love my smile. My daughter has the same smile, so maybe thats why I like it more lol.
Im "beginning" to love my butt now that its melting off! I cant belive how much my butt has gone down!
My feet. Ive got the best looking feet LOL. My toes are adorable.:)
My hair *on a good hair day* When it curls and flips just perfect.
My nails, they are so pretty.
I love my personality. Im pretty darn funny. I can make anyone laugh, when needed.
Oh and my one dimple. I love it.
I love my lips. They arent to big, but not to small either.

Boy, I guess I liked more things that I thought. I think I actually LIKE more things on my body than things I DONT! Whodathunkit????

Thanks for making me think positive!

Great thread!

I like
1. My hands - small and delicate and pretty
2. My toes - not bumpy and the nails are clean, not embarrassed when I go to get a pedicure!
3. My eyelashes - long and lush, don't really need mascara (or much of it anyway)
4. My intelligence - rocking my way through grad school then law school! Hooray!
5. My writing ability - I love entertaining people with stories and this skill is handy for school purposes as well
6. My cooking talent - I love being able to throw together a great meal

Ooh! Ooh! I want to do this too!!

1. My big, blue eyes
2. My plump, sensuous lips
3. How great my butt looks in a fitted pair of pants!
4. My muscular arms and legs (I see muscles now that I never knew I had!)
5. The fact that I look fantastic with long or short hair...I love my hair!! It has the best natural highlights!
6. I have the BEST singing voice.
7. The fact that I'm in better shape than anyone I know
8. The fact that I beat my brother at arm-wrestling!
9. The fact that I don't make heads turn but make people stop in their tracks!! I always had a pretty FACE (I hate that), but now I'm beyond hot! Who knew!!
10. I know how to shake my hips and am no longer ashamed to dance wherever, whenever!
11. How great my legs look when I wear heels.
12. Bones that should stick out (collar bones and stuff) DO stick out and are not hidden under layers of fat!
13. When I show people my fat pictures, they do not believe that it's really me! They think I'm joking!
14. The fact that people call me SKINNY!
15. How photogenic I am.
16. The fact that I KNOW I eat healthy. Food no longer controls me...I can say NO to anything now!

I could probably go on and on. That was fun!!

Now here is a good question. We get so stuck on the negatives about our bodies and all, we don't think about the good.

I had to do some real thinking about this and this is what i've come up with.

1) my facial features. I think when the fat is gone from my face again...everyone will be able to see my great bone structure. (now i'm not saying i'm beautiful, but i do think i have great bone structure. everyone compliments me on my cheekbones and my eyes)

2) i think i have great calves. i never think they are too fat. ( i need some sun because my veins are close to the surface and you can see them too easily, but i think i have very shapely calves)

3) my smile. people are ALWAYS complimenting me on my smile....so it must be a good one. (of course, i need to whiten my teeth again, but i still get complimented on having a beautiful smile)

4) my hands. I have small hands with small fingers (I wear a size 5 ring and i do get lots of compliments from guys about my hands. weird huh??)

okay. i'm noticing that alot of the features i've picked, usually i get alot of compliments on. I guess it goes to show positive reinforcements really do work on the subconscious. but these are generally features i like about myself and am glad that others seem to like them too. ;)

Geez I wish I had all the fabulous attributes of my fellow ladies here! I read the list going "Eyes - oh god my eyes are dull" "calves - oh no mine are lumpy" "smile - mines gappy and crooked" "butt - COTTAGE CHEESE!" :O_
BUT I do like my shoulders.
And my feet are okay.

Oh, I thought of another one!! My neck!! I have a great, long neck! I hated it before because I suffered from "No Neck Syndrome"....there was so much fat there that I looked like a head balanced on a pair of shoulders! LOL I love having short hair and showing off my neck!! Hehehe
And!! I no longer have elbow cleavage!! That was the worst!

Good post!!!

We should all be doing this more often!
What I like about my body

1. its STRONG, I mean strong, emotionally and physically...I beat cancer's butt TWICE!!!
2.my eyes, love how they trun colour depending on my mood/clothes and the fact that they help me capture really beautiful pictures!
3. my legs and calves
5. My hair...its NEW been growing back for a year now since my Stem Cell Transplant, its CURLY!!!! and baby soft!!!
6.my smile
7. My feet-they no longer have warts! (yes gross I know!!! haha)

I have great legs from about upper-mid thigh down

I got really good boobs (34D and perky) and a good size butt to form the hourglass figure.

My collarbone is phenominal

I have great hair, teeth, eyes, and a straight nose

My hands and wrist are small


I've got a good tan so far

I love my feet! Even though my mom calls them duck feet:o

So if we're bragging (which is what this thread is about) I gotta say I'm quite the hottie now.

My friends say I've always had the face, now I just have the body to match.

I hoping in the last 10 pounds I'll loss the last of my thighs and small tummy although all of my walking and Taekwondo has really toned up that saddlebag area (along with my butt).

Wow! Such beautiful women! :hug:

I love my long neck, I wear long dangly earrings to show it off!
I love my long legs, not slim, but still can turn some heads.(Husband loves it when I wear a short skirt).
I love my green eyes.
I love my laugh, it is loud and hearty.

Kristine

ooooh good one kristin. i must like my laugh too, because there is nothing timid about it. when i find something amusing...i laugh hard and loud!!! sometimes i think i should try to tone it down...but for the most part...it just comes out like it wants. i like to have a good time and i like for others to know i have a good time.

:)

The fact that I feel vain and arrogant posting in this thread? I'm not too sure about that one . . . (my modesty, huh?)

1. BONES everywhere!! Collar bones have appeared, cheek bones, shoulder bones, hip bones (when I'm supine), wrist bones, ankle bones, and I have the boniest hands! I LOVE feeling and seeing bones! I wake up every morning, and my hands go immediately up to my collar bones to see if they are still poking out.
2. My waist length naturally wavy hair (I get complimented on this feature the most)
3. My long eyelashes
4. My disgustingly high IQ (now this one I'm arrogant about)
5. My creativity
6. My writing ability
7. My altruistic and empathetic nature
8. My ability to understand children
9. My philosophical musings
10. My impeccable grammar and spelling capabilities
11. My taste in literature, film, and art
12. My unwavering convictions
13. My love and compassion for ALL human beings

I need higher self esteem about my looks, I'm only happy with those 3 parts :(
Oh, I remembered another one: 14. My skin! Okay four is better.

Does anyone feel that their "What I don't like about myself" list would be much longer than this one? I KNOW mine would be; while I was thinking of this list, the things that I don't like kept nudging their way into my brain. But a list like that would probably be counterproductive, so I'm not going to go there.

Originally Posted by HarpoChicoGroucho:
Does anyone feel that their "What I don't like about myself" list would be much longer than this one? I KNOW mine would be; while I was thinking of this list, the things that I don't like kept nudging their way into my brain. But a list like that would probably be counterproductive, so I'm not going to go there.

That is exactly why i started this thread - and, btw, i LOVE the responses!!!!

I keep trying to add to my list every day. Why? well, because as you said, harpo, my list of things i don't like about myself is WAY too long - and i know what they are...but I really AM a beautiful person. And ya know what? I have no problem stating that. Does that make me conceited? Maybe it does. I really don't care! lol. here's some more:

1. I'm a fantastic singer (i get this from my mom and grandfather - who was good enough to be professional...)

2. I'm able to run for 20 minutes straight on the treadmill.

3. I may have gained back 20 pounds from my lowest (which I hit goal in June of 2004) - and I got back up to 180...HOWEVER...in the past 2 years since I DID hit goal, I've only EVER made it up to 180 - I never let myself past that - AND now I'm back down to 170 (and i know i WILL be down to 150 again).

4. I really do have a nice butt!!! Every guy I've ever dated has told me so - and I have one pair of jeans that - oooh yeah! lol.

I seriously could keep going on, but I really hope this thread keeps going! I really really enjoy reading everyone's posts!! Again, we all need to "ALLOW" ourselves to KNOW what is "good" about ourselves and NOT be ashamed and also not feel that we can't like and be proud of these things! I'm not saying we NEED to be conceited - but the truth is - we're here on 3fatchicks because we're not happy with ourselves for the most part and we are trying to change our lifestyles...and unfortunately - there's WAY too many things we hate about ourselves - and it's healthy to know that there ARE great things about ourselves! :-P

anyways though - again, i LOVE reading everyone's responses. keep em' comin'!!

Hmm, let me think about this

My smile, though it's generally 40 year old women (instead of 20 something guys) who compliment me on this
My boobs- I still have DDs, and they've finally filled in again after deflating after losing about 10 pounds on my upper body, and they don't hurt me anymore!
My flexibility- I've worked at it for years and am quite proud that I still have most of it
My intelligence
My spark of insane random creativity

Oh man, I'm gonna come across as one vain b* here. :lol:

I like:

1) My face. The balance of features I have. I'm not drop-dead gorgeous (though I did cause a wreck once because of someone looking at me & not the road, I think that was more the way I was dressed at the time ;)), but I'm OK. I make cute babies. I like my dark eyes and my full lips and even my big nose, which is the most ethnic thing about me. There are a lot of people in Oklahoma who look just like me!
2) My hair. It's super wavy and almost back down to my butt. Pregnancy does great things for my hair.
3) The curve of neck into shoulder, and my collarbones that have made a return appearance.
4) My boobs. They're big, but more to the point they have nourished three children quite well (two currently, one of those exclusively). There's nothing like breastfeeding to make you apprecate your girls. :)
5) The combo of hips and waist. My waist is proportionately small, and my hips create a shelf underneath them.
6) My legs. Especially my calves. I've literally been stopped and complimented by complete strangers!
7) My ability to walk long distances. And my willingness to do so.
8) My IQ. This gets me into trouble ever since I had a psychologist stop in the middle of testing me to say that I had no business training to be a CNA, since I'm smarter than most doctors (I was trying to qualify for a training program). I'm seriously smarter than like 98% of the population.
9) My reproductive system. I have PCOS. I have 3 daughters. Each is a blessing and a victory. I've had 2 c-sections (breech babies) and had a VBA2C almost six months ago. I sometimes get the urge to stop random strangers on the street and hop onto my vaginal birth :soap:. I try to suppress the urge.
10) My accent. I'm from South Texas. I sound like it. I lived for four years somewhere I absolutely loathed, and I liked being able to set myself apart merely by speaking.
11) I'm stubborn. It has stood me in good stead quite often, this trait.
12) I seem to be a pretty likeable person. Which is to say that most who have met me have liked me. Not all, of course, but most. I get high marks for compassion and loyalty. I honestly make an effort to be a good person, so to get feedback that I'm succeeding is nice.
13) I'm good at learning foreign languages. I took both German & Russian in high school (actually started the former in 6th grade). Unfortunately, I've had no cause to use either for years, so I've lost a lot of it. But I have no doubt I could pick it up again easily enough.
14) I'm a great crocheter. I have been crocheting 15 years now. I can create great-looking garments from scratch, & I regularly do. I've been told my patterns are good too.
15) I have an excellent memory. I never had to study during school because of this. (Which led to some awkward moments when I was held up as an example of good study habits; how do you say, "No, I actually memorized it by accident"?) I am an endless font of completely useless information. Things do eventually get pushed out of my mind by other useless bits of trivia, but I knew the last time my hubby's ex-roomie Larry had sex for far longer than I wanted to.:lol3:

I'll stop now. I don't want to sound too full of myself. :dizzy:

Originally Posted by HarpoChicoGroucho:
I need higher self esteem about my looks, I'm only happy with those 3 parts :(
Oh, I remembered another one: 14. My skin! Okay four is better..

you have a killer smile. :) congratulations on the great weight loss.

Originally Posted by HarpoChicoGroucho:
Does anyone feel that their "What I don't like about myself" list would be much longer than this one? I KNOW mine would be; while I was thinking of this list, the things that I don't like kept nudging their way into my brain. But a list like that would probably be counterproductive, so I'm not going to go there.

yes, heh heh

I like that I'm tall and strong.

I like my eyes and lips.

I like that I persevere.

I like my intelligence, compassion and empathy.

I like my sense of curiosity and interest in the world.

I like my appreciation of beauty (especially in nature).