I don't weigh myself (I had a pretty bad eating disorder once upon a time, which I recovered from, and it's risky for me to use a scale), so I rely on photos/clothes to monitor my progress. I went from eating mcdonalds/pizza every single day, no exercise at all, and wearing XL shirts (tight) and 38 waist pants (tight), to consistently eating around/under 2000 calories/day of legit healthy food, doing a healthy amount of strength/cardio 3-4 times a week, and wearing medium shirts and 32 waist pants (which are loose). I get comments regularly that I look great (dates call me sexy and handsome, etc) and people who know me notice and comment on how dramatic the change has been.... BUT I am so hyper-aware of the few spots that won't co-operate. When I look in the mirror, all I can see is the jiggle in these areas, the loose skin, the way my body isn't "tight". I honestly feel "fatter" than I did when I was my heaviest. I am still terrified for people to see me shirtless/naked. I know objectively that I am dramatically smaller, but I just can't see it or feel it. It's so frustrating. I'm still committed to my lifting/cardio and I have no plans to go back to eating junk.. but I just feel so ugly and discouraged. I just needed to vent. I hope someone can relate. I'm starting to think I won't ever feel happy with anything less than absolute perfection, and that's such a friggen hard one to get over. It just seems like other dudes look so firm and lean and model-perfect and it makes me feel like an ogre. :(
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