Body positivity — Do you love your body?

Happy for you Jerseygirl!

 

I really liked your thread. It's a wonderful way to identify your attractive body. I will advise you to focus more on yoga. It really helps you shift your focus from how your body looks to how it feels. I think yoga is the best way to make your body more attractive and beautiful!

 

As a child I didn't care for how I looked. Once I hit my preteen years I began to enjoy nudism while still not liking my body. That didn't stop me from enjoying the feelings I got sans clothes. It wasn't until in my thirties I began to like the body I was building. Yes, I began a weight training program. Put on some muscle and received positive comments. Haven't disliked myself since. Oh, at my age now it's difficult to keep the low fat content I had when young but it doesn't matter any more. I think I'm still sexy as hell. So do the women I have sex with.

 

I found out that once I started going nude most of the time I appreciated how my body looked naked. I used always worry that I was chubby and overweight. But when I went nude that went away. I have the typical older overweight dad (now grandpa) bod, and I feel fine about how I look. Weird how taking your clothes off changes your outlook.

 

I don't love my body. I have always had issues with my body, my looks and my weight. I'm not looking for any sympathy or anything it's just a fact of my life. Even if I lose weight I wouldn't still love my body. I don't know how to explain it besides that I don't.

 

Not everyone is, it’s hard to explain why since everyone is different. My wife was the same way. She was very hesitant to go to nudist resorts with me because of that. Once she did go with me, and saw others and realized that not everyone is “perfect “ she became more confident with her body and that confidence came out in every day life.

 

:-( hoping for a changed perspective. You are YOU!! Enjoy!

 

I have found that time I spent on a nude beach to be the best therapy. It truly did make me feel better about my body. As with most guys, I have watched too much porn that had freakishly large guys. Hence, I became embarrassed about my size (average or just a bit over). The nude beach really helped. It was a dramatic statement to the world (and more importantly, myself), “This is my body and I’m not hiding it!!”

BTW, I have seen some gorgeous figures at the nude beach. But, I do not find those as interesting as the people who have the opposite of the swim suit model bod. I rejoice in their boldness to bear all and celebrate the freedom they are feeling from social pressures about appearance

 

Definitely something for me to think about. I think that's the biggest issue for me is that our society puts a lot of pressure on being thin and for some people that's just not possible.

 

Confidence and social skills are more appealing and sexier than a body that’s a 10…hang in there