Posts tagged body dysmorphia
Forever Changing

Your body isn’t the same body you lugged around in high school and college, surprise! Although we tend to hold onto old photos of ourselves and wish we looked the way we used to, we have to let go and move forward. Same thing applies to those who look back and are ashamed of what they once looked like. You might have lost weight and are mortified to look at those photos. Regardless of the situation, it’s inevitable that bodies change.

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A Break

I just spent 4 days without any intense physical activity.

I have to be honest, this is really rare for me. I don't say this in a "fitness fit, I'm better than you because I never take days off" kind of way. I truly have internal struggles with taking days off because of my sport, my goals, my body dysmorphia.

And to be honest, it was f*cking hard.

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You Have to Eat

I spent years trying to do the opposite.

I sometimes still catch myself avoiding eating, as if eating is a weakness. “How long can I go without eating” it’s always been a game. But in reality it goes like this: How long can I avoid my natural body signals to the point where I’m in pain, starving, and my stomach is eating itself… THEN how long can I uphold this until my body physically shuts down.

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