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Body Acceptance -- at Last

As told to Bari Nan Cohen

Soon after turning 40, these women learned how to weigh what really mattered. (Hint: It had nothing to do with a scale.)

The New Feminine

Trina Wiggins, 46, pediatrician, Las Vegas, Nevada

"In high school and college I never wore anything sleeveless. I was a competitive gymnast, but in the 1970s and 1980s my toned, athletic look was not considered attractive. Around more feminine women, I felt intimidated. "When I met my husband in medical school, I was still of the mind-set that my body was not right. Sometimes people made comments, and I was very sensitive to them.

"I stayed in shape through my 20s and 30s, and I had twins at 33. When they were 2 months old, I would put my stationary bike next to the bed, feed one a bottle of breast milk and breastfeed the other while I rode the bike."

(Pictured: Wiggins in New Orleans at age 24)

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