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# Embracing My Changing Body Image and Style Journey
- URL: https://www.overworkedmoms.com/embracing-my-changing-body-image-and-style-journey/
- Published: 2026-09-05T01:30:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-05T01:30:29.000Z
- Author: OverworkedMom

Let's talk body image. 

I've always had a pear-shaped body. In my 20s, I looked pretty good. I had the kind of body that a lot of girls and boys wanted, and I flaunted it where appropriate. Of course, side effects included wolf whistling and other unwanted attention but that goes with the territory. I learnt to cover up if I didn't want that kind of attention. We're not going to go into "men should behave better"... I'm accepting that a minority of males will always be like that and take responsibility for my own actions. 

As I get older, after having children, my body is not the same as it was. Even though I'm still pear-shaped now, there's a lot more—how to say—comfort around the pear-shapedness.

I do feel a bit jealous when I see younger girls wearing clothes that I can't wear anymore. At the same time, I feel like I don’t want to be just a frumpy, practically clothed mom. So, how do I dress well? I've also seen some really garish outfits that I hope I'm not caught dead wearing. It takes a few rounds of experiments. I tried wearing just flowery tops, very patterned, because that helps to hide some of the emphasis. I tried sports clothes, like athleisure wear. I also tried different shapes of dresses, and honestly, I'm still finding it because it's also hard to find not only the type of clothes that are suitable but also which shops sell those clothes.

Sometimes, all it takes is good underwear. Your clothes might be good enough already, but it's your underwear that's letting you down. I realized that recently when I have one pair of underwear that's a slim fit, right, that puts everything together in a nice shape. Although I feel a bit constricted when I wear that underwear, I always look better in whatever I wear.

So, I just realized, instead of getting different outer clothes, why not get more shapewear?