Step 1:Personal Growth
I am not comfortable in my own skin, and I hate it. I never realized what people went through when they had body dysmorphia, but I am finally realizing what that meant. I have never been someone who looks down upon themselves when looking in the mirror, but for some odd reason, I am starting to do just that. I have grown up an athlete all my life and being active just comes second nature to me. I just recently became an ex-athlete and am no longer a part of an athletic team. That is starting to take a toll on me. I didn't realize how much I needed to be on a team until I was no longer a part of one. The accountability I had was stripped away and I don't know where to go now. When I was an athlete, I could eat whatever I wanted and not feel terribly bad about it because I knew I would burn off those extra calories at practice or whatever fitness task I had that next day. But what about now? I don't have that extra buffer to knock away those calories so what happens now? I am...