I am coming to properly realize that self-esteem and body image problems are not affected nearly as much by knowing that people genuinely find me attractive as I wish they were. I wouldn't say I hate myself (especially since my self-esteem issues are almost entirely tied into body image problems and I'm pretty awesome otherwise), but I really need ( Read more... )

So I went to the gym for a fitness assessment this morning, with... interesting results, let's say. Have to make this reasonably quick, since I'm headed out in half an hour for bowling!

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