Today I have found myself happy with my body!

I cannot believe I have come to a day where I have woken up feeling happy with body appearance! I hope this lasts, but this is truly a bit of a revelation for me; I have never not been self-critical in some respect in regards to weight, but I have to say for my age I look pretty darn great.

I now have a lot of lean muscle mass pretty much everywhere, apparent in the mirror, apparent when I look at my arms and legs just on their own with no mirro. Lean back muscles and torso, my BMI is normal. Being told I looked healthy and good yesterday at my nephew's graduation party didn't translate to "fat" in my mind. I could do without the scar from ulcer surgery on my abdomen but it mostly healed flat, just lighter than the rest of my skin.

So all in all, a good body day! I would love it to last, but even having ONE day feeling this way is AWESOME, just knowing it can happen to me again!

Its all those planks!!!

Way to go!

Well done. You’ve put a lot of work into yourself, and you’re reaping the benefits. You set a great example of what can be achieved. I like your idea of drawing and painting something each day too, it’s great for the mind, and compliments keeping your body healthy.

Good for you @Blueberrybook.

Jeff.

A point like this once seemed like a far, glistening dream that would never happen to me. But that it can and has is a powerful moment even if I wake up not feeling so body happy tomorrow, it can happen again. ED recovery has been a lifelong project for me (though thankfully the physical danger has long past) for the most part, there's still osteopenia and bad teeth to deal with and a tendency towards a bit too much in the way of exercise but loads better than what I dealt with on a daily basis in the throes of anorexia. I wouldn't wish an ED on anyone.

I'm still feeling positive about my body image today Wow! I didn't think this was possible!

I’m glad for you. I don’t have an ED though they did stick me into a ED program back when I was underweight. It was anxiety and depression that had me losing the weight I just couldn’t eat and they put me on an AD which made me manic and eat less. The only thing I remember from that class is that using diuretics can backfire and give you huge legs. My odd thing is that overweight I feel fine at normal weight I feel fat.

I imagine that this feeling of liking your body is a glorious feeling. Hang on to that.