My legs are touching. I'm a 24 year old guy who's…
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My legs are touching.
I'm a 24 year old guy who's struggled with body weight his entire life. I've always been tall and lanky, borderline underweight, unable to gain weight. Got teased and mocked by both friends and family. Called a toothpick, a twig, weak, you name it.
This has left a mark and I believe I'll forever see myself as skinny. I've been on a weight gaining journey for years now and when I look in the mirror, I still see that skinny kid. I've been very actively working out for over three years now and in the past five years, I've gained around 50 lbs.
Logically, I can tell there's a difference and I don't look the way I did when I left high school, but I still feel that way. I really struggle with body image, don't have many body parts I like, I feel like they're all small and it gets to a point where I'm embarrassed to tell people I go to the gym.
Anyways, in a small effort to battle this, I decided to try to focus on something positive about it, something visible I can fall back on. For the first time ever, my legs are rubbing against each other when I stand. The inner thighs are touching when I'm upright.
It's really not much, but it makes me happy and it's something that tells me the journey is going somewhere and that my efforts aren't for nothing.
#inspiration
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I'm a 24 year old guy who's struggled with body weight his entire life. I've always been tall and lanky, borderline underweight, unable to gain weight. Got teased and mocked by both friends and family. Called a toothpick, a twig, weak, you name it.
This has left a mark and I believe I'll forever see myself as skinny. I've been on a weight gaining journey for years now and when I look in the mirror, I still see that skinny kid. I've been very actively working out for over three years now and in the past five years, I've gained around 50 lbs.
Logically, I can tell there's a difference and I don't look the way I did when I left high school, but I still feel that way. I really struggle with body image, don't have many body parts I like, I feel like they're all small and it gets to a point where I'm embarrassed to tell people I go to the gym.
Anyways, in a small effort to battle this, I decided to try to focus on something positive about it, something visible I can fall back on. For the first time ever, my legs are rubbing against each other when I stand. The inner thighs are touching when I'm upright.
It's really not much, but it makes me happy and it's something that tells me the journey is going somewhere and that my efforts aren't for nothing.
#inspiration
source
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