Sooo... this is my first Homework Blog, how exciting!! @rambo @missy & @lyxzen
I decided to go with the original topic to kick it off as I feel this needs to be spoken about. Growing up for me was tough, I was bullied through school and never really had a great life. I always worked hard to get everything I had but never really put myself first. I never felt good about myself and in my early 20's gained a LOT of weight.
I managed to lose most of it but have never been a 'skinny' person and my body has a lot of scars and stretchmarks to show my journey. My body is not perfect, but it is the only one I have. It took me a long time to even accept myself and consider myself as beautiful or pretty or sexy. In fact, my friends used to tell people how to find me by saying 'she has a great smile but is a bit chubby'.
I have always worked in a strongly male dominated industry (less than 5% female) and never felt attractive or sexy. In fact, I shun away from that a lot at work. I always admired photos of other girls from afar on tumblr and instagram and Facebook, but previous relationships had made me close accounts and shy away from it.
Recently I hit a milestone and thought 'fuck it!' about body insecurities and all that gaff and decided to do something for myself. Though I'm still not 100% stoked with everything I see in the mirror, I don't want to spend any more time looking back on what I wasted rather than what I could have achieved.
So here I am, bare for everyone to see. And I'm pretty damn happy and proud!
