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I Struggle With My Body Image


The motivator #632: I think the #1 thing I struggle with is confidence. Through childhood issues, mean comments and other bullshit, I never really felt really worthy when it came to my outward appearance. I was never asked out or well-liked, it was just a thing i learned to accept and it was easy to blame on my weight.
In a way in the last few months, I think I got over obsessed with working out...i was nearly exercising every day. Sometimes 2 or 3 times until with one workout I heard a pop in my left hip followed by crippling pain. I dont really know what happened, but I knew that I probably did something stupid and overdid it. The pain, for the most part subsided (with a constant dose of Tylenol) but as i went weeks without working out it made me realize that I was trying too hard to get away from that stigma and put too much emphasis on my body rather than my confidence.
Now that im slowly getting back into it, i learned to limit it to 30-45 minutes and just start enjoying what i have rather than just struggling what i dont have
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Franky · 46-50, M
Excellent... The road to discovering that other peoples opinion of you is not importan,t is long, but worth the journey. What is important is your own opinion of yourself.. Be your own judge and conscience ..
And that will shine from you, making you a beacon of light among the sheep...