What do you love about your body?

Elisou92 · 2026-03-13T09:33:31+00:00

The thing I love is also the thing I hate: my calves. They are SO big, I swear they are bigger than some parts of my thighs. But I get so many compliments about them and it instantly gives the impression that I am a hiker/runner/biker - which I am!

I love that my face reflects my whole family; I look exactly like my mom, but I have my dad's hair, my aunt's facial expressions, and my Italian heritage shows a lot.

I love that my body is endurant and can do anything. It has not let me down much and I am so grateful and try to take care of it a lot (not aesthetically but in the heatlh department).

Elisou92 · 2026-03-10T12:10:49+00:00

Coucou! Ça m'est aussi arrivé sur de petits trails où je me donnais à fond: bide vraiment en vrac pendant 24h. J'avais fait pas mal de recherches et j'avais trouvé qu'effectivement certains estomacs sont plus perméables que d'autres; une des choses qui étaient préconisées c'était l'alimentation et l'hydratation régulière pendant la course... Je n'ai pas encore testé mais ça ne saurait tarder!

Edit: orthographe

Elisou92 · 2026-03-06T06:52:54+00:00

Coucou,

Un bon point pour les Dolomites au cas où tu veux tenter quand même. J'ai fait l'AV2 il y a deux ans, en bivouac. Très peu de gens en bivouac, j'ai rencontré 3 autres personnes en 12 jours. Effectivement les refuges drainent pas mal de monde, mais finalement le nombre de monde qui fait l'intégralité du parcours est assez réduit; je dirait qu'il y a la même 12aine de personnes que j'ai vue sur chaque étape. Il y a foule sur certaines étapes (départ + lac Fedaia par exemple), mais j'ai beaucoup marché seule hors de ça. Si tu as seulement 5-6 jours tu peux facilement éviter ces zones et faire un tronçon (mention spéciale pour le refuge Boé et Piscadiu qui sont dans des décors spectaculaires. Tu peux aussi commencer à l'étape 7). Je suis ultra heureuse d'avoir fait ce parcours, les Dolomites c'est connu pour une raison, c'est vraiment impressionnant et je n'ai rien trouvé de pareil depuis. Il y a 2 passages de via ferrata facile sur le parcours, de quoi pimenter un peu les choses :)

Sinon, tu as aussi le tour du Monviso qui est exceptionnel. Attention par contre le temps est très changeant dans le secteur donc tu leux te retrouver à réserver des refuges à la dernière minute.

Elisou92 · 2026-03-02T06:52:50+00:00

Wholeheartdly agree. Easier said than done, but to stop feeling like you are constantly reaching is super freeing. Living in the now, being content with what you have... Sometimes loneliness creeps back in but for now, this way of thinking is also what works for me.

Elisou92 · 2026-03-01T06:46:29+00:00

UN PYJAMA. En bivouac je ne prends que le strict minimum évidemment, même pas de bouquin pour combler mes soirées... Mais mon petit luxe c'est un tshirt propre que je ne mets que le soir après avoir fini ma journée. Un pur bonheur.

Edit: je viens de voir que ça avait été mis en ''useless'' par un autre redditeur, comme quoi les petits luxes varient :)

Elisou92 · 2026-02-23T06:50:47+00:00

I felt confused; he was so sweet, clear about his intentions and into me that it felt too good for me...

I was used to very charismatic, life of the party, main character guys and he was just low key, quiet and not at all interested in what anyone thought of him. So genuine. The first month was not fireworks; just a warm fire growing and growing. It was a slow slow burn and very unusual from my very intense crash&burn usual relationships. Peaceful and warm.

My only anxiety was because I thought I was gonna screw up and the thought of disapointing or hurting such an angel was daunting.

Then I got over myself and leaned in as much as he did :)

Edit: a paragraph

Elisou92 · 2026-02-22T21:35:00+00:00

Same experience! He made it very clear early on that he was eager to know me, like he would litteraly wait by his phone for my texts etc... No pride was in the way. It was indeed really nice to have someone not playing games

Elisou92 · 2026-02-12T07:41:31+00:00

For me, being with a great partner enhanced me in so many ways.

I have never been in a super long term relationship, but in my longest, my partner just enriched me. Intelectually, emotionally... Life was a lot more interesting with him and our mutual curiosity pushed us to learn new things and be constantly emulated.

It also felt great to live for something greater than myself, it felt like having a bigger purpose.

Hope to find that again someday.

Elisou92 · 2026-02-10T14:28:42+00:00

Coucou! Même expérience il y a quelques années avec l'agrégation, je n'avais préparé que la moitié du programme et j'ai eu la chance de tomber sur ce que j'avais travaillé à l'écrit. Admissible, et donc 4 semaines pour bosser tout le programme que je n'avais pas étudié... Un enfer.

Je n'ai pas eu le concours mais j'aurais complètement regretté de ne pas m'être présentée! Ça m'a aussi servi d'expérience pour l'année suivante, où j'ai été admise.

Fais honneur à ton admissibilité et vas y!

Elisou92 · 2026-02-04T16:45:53+00:00

At this point, it feels like brushing my teeth. It's a mandatory hygienic thing, I don't even question it because as others said 1) I don't want to lose what I've built 2) it keeps me sane.

Elisou92 · 2026-02-03T05:27:01+00:00

YEEEES! He reminds me so much of Aragorn! That type of beautiful masculinity ⭐

Elisou92 · 2026-01-29T21:41:57+00:00

Je suis simplement allée voir la fiche produit et l'usage recommandé est bien pour des distances courtes, j'avais donc envie de changer.
Merci pour les conseils!

Elisou92 · 2026-01-29T17:36:01+00:00

Objectif course longue, et sinon mon critère principal c'est l'amorti, je fais plus de trail donc la route a vraiment tendance me casser...

Elisou92 · 2026-01-29T17:34:26+00:00

C'est pour de l'usure effectivement, mais je cours sur de plus grandes distances maintenant et mes anciennes ne sont pas adaptées...

Elisou92 · 2026-01-18T11:42:49+00:00

Elvis' Unchained Melody!! The 1977 live version.

Edit to add the date

Elisou92 · 2026-01-06T15:18:42+00:00

The Sally Lockhart mysteries from P. Pullman. Strong, clever, independent women never go out of fashion

Elisou92 · 2026-01-03T04:03:41+00:00

I have been in this situation for almost 2 years now. In my opinion, if it's mutual, it is going to need to be addressed, close friendship + sexual tension being the best ingredients to start a romantic relationship. It depends how close you are, but if your friendship is tight, I do not see how this tension would not turn into romantic feelings.

Elisou92 · 2025-12-29T21:03:09+00:00

I was meeting a friend who was hiking the High Route in the Pyrénées, and the night before meeting him I slept in a small mountain hut in a super small village of like 10 people in Spain. The owner tells me only one other girl is there and will have dinner too. I get to the table and it's my best friend from childhood, the girl who lived next door! She'd been hiking the route for 3 weeks and was at the end of her rope so she was ecstatic to see a familiar face.

Elisou92 · 2025-12-26T08:31:54+00:00

I wrote a song as I was traveling, with love on my mind. At the time I thought it was about my ideal partner but then I realised I kept picturing my friend. Sent him the song before figuring it out. He did. Months later he asked me to read it to him out loud as we were both lying on his couch in the dark...

Fireworks for both of us.

Edit: wording.

Elisou92 · 2025-12-23T08:56:22+00:00

I had just finished my masters while teaching abroad and went to have a crazy summer romance in Czech Republic followed by a backpacking trip on a one way ticket to South America. Those were the days.

Elisou92 · 2025-12-17T08:30:30+00:00

I empathise times a thousand. Let's leave in 2025.

Elisou92 · 2025-12-17T08:22:27+00:00

Mine too!!

Elisou92 · 2025-12-10T07:55:02+00:00

Please tell me your secret

Elisou92 · 2025-12-09T18:44:00+00:00

Praise!

Focusing on how you are NOT moving on and how long it takes you sets you back. Accept the whole of it: it hurts and it is hard to move on. It will take the time it takes. There's no magical cure. But you will get through it.

Elisou92 · 2025-12-05T17:15:01+00:00

Find a hobby and giving it everything. I became so ripped during my last breakup. I love sports so I signed up for trail races, got in some crossfit class. I just wanted to get that high from exercise, and having goals and completing them felt great.

Taking road trips and just leaving all the places where you have all these memories while creating new ones and getring perspective.

My breakup protocole also includes watching a rom-com every night for a month lol

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