She doesn’t have to pick that’s the thing. She could love her body then and love her body now. “I had a good body… but I wasn’t happy, I’m happier now” - she doesn’t need to add the second part. Why does happiness come into talk about a body.
My post partum body doesn’t look as good in clothes, I prefer myself slimmer and more toned but I feel stronger and more womanly at a bigger size. There are pros and cons. I like them both.
As a person I’m happier these days due to age and life circumstances. My size isn’t part of that, I’d be no happier smaller, the two aren’t linked. I can prefer my body then but my life now, why does it have to be all or nothing?