I never see women in magazines and if I can tell you they are ordinary women, no beauties, no models.
If it comes to models they are fake for the biggest part especially with the new photographing technic. The 'raw' photos are rarely shown (I see them) it's all about lightfall and 'photoshopping' even the makeup is added by AI and bodyshapes, acne, scarss, bellies, underchin can all be fixed (wearing the right clothes or corrective underwear makes a huge difference too).

To me you look great and I would call you pretty but once meeting life even beautiful since just like you for me beauty shins in the inside and that inside is what people attracts or make 'gag'.

A lot of how we see us is an opinion forced upon us by others. Parents, friends, neighbours, church, men, teachers in the first place. They all have an opinion about how girls/women should talkz behave, dress look like since women are from the moment they exist an item, a gift that should be good enough to be sold and bought and although we live in 2024 nothing has changed if it comes to this attitude.

Their might be if the left and right brain are no longer connected.
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For men there ars not such a high standards besides the average men thinks he's the winning lot in the lottery even if he stinks, has a huge beer belly,is unshaved and looks like Onslow (English series: Keeping up appearances) with his trouwsers underneath his belly and only wearing an undershirt.

With the Onslow-attitude we all would feel better and shine (this lousy guy makes me laugh with his attitude but although jobless he is intelligent which does show if you pay attenttion).

I think it's good to admit sport is boring plus I learned it always made me more hungry and I think I lift eniugh/have plenty of exercise daily like most women and housewives.
Btw passive muscle training is an option too which you can do in bed, while cooking, sitting and so on.

At one of my pregnancies I gained a lot of weight and with prednisone all the fat is attracted to the belly. My child said: more mom to hug which helped but not made me feel better since I couldnt find comforting good looking clothes.

To my opinion the most important is to feel good meaning a balance between mind and body. Fkrcing oneself not to eat to get rid of a belly is no long term solution and makes even moreunhapp and moody.

Bodies are not the same, digestion, dna and hormones are not and we should do what makes us feel good (not the oartner, children or outside world, a world filled with hypocrites where people are far from perfect. My eldest is a model and visagist I can tell you there's a huge difference between the woman on tje pic and the home outfit and this is the case with each model, women I find in average far of attractive all posing in the same way and without a smile on their face.)

"I only eat what I really like if it comes to taste", was what I once read in an interview, " I do not like pie so why should I eat it on birthdays?" This made me think about the average food, most of what I eat is not my taste so why eat it and gain weight? If you gain weight it's better to do so because of something you enjoyed.

If it comes to bellies, bottoms, upperlegs, breast these are parts of being female, there's no need in being flat.

Just like men do you can grow a beard 😉 to hide parts of the face and a double or tripple chin but that's an illusion and men tell themselves it makes them look better (not to me and it's all part of a culture how we see beards: normal, lazy, dirty, men who have something to hide...).

Striae, scarss it's all part of being human, proof of life, hardships and sacrifices. We might look in the mirror and suddenly see a face we no longer recognize, or see a body that does look like a stranger's but after that awareness and a good cry we should be happy the shell we hide in works fine and it's just a temporary shell for the soul. The real us is the one that shines, laughs, is creative and can look as beautiful as she wants to be.

A warm hug and thank you for inviting me.
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