Body image struggles: You're Not the Only One

and the bills keep coming, another gig gone, this whole situation is just so much. …

And I mean, I tried it on, it looked okay, but then I remember thinking, "God, my shoulders look like a goddamn linebacker in this. …

i know this is stupid but i keep wearing these huge hoodies to the gym even though it’s like 80 degrees inside. …

I knew the dress was trouble the minute it came out of the garment bag, a swathe of pale lilac taffeta... …

A skinny kid, probably college age, wearing a hoodie that practically swallowed him whole. …

I deleted the group photo from my daughter’s birthday dinner last night. …

We all had to wear these blush-colored satin things, fitted, you know, like a sheath. …

invisible? …

I blew off my 30-year high school reunion this weekend. …

I just spent an hour in the damn executive restroom, an HOUR, fixing my blazer. …

For the assistant manager gig at the store. …

My high school reunion. …

i know this sounds so stupid but i told my grandkids i was too busy to go to the pool with them and like it's because my stomach looks AWFUL after i lost all that weight you know from the surgery and… …

We went to that Italian place downtown, the one with the string lights and the really good gnocchi. …

I spent an entire hour in the damn bathroom adjusting this blazer, I mean I don't even— I was so worried about my stomach looking huge instead of just… professional, and now I'm just SO mad at myself… …

Sometimes I just wanna crawl out of my skin. …

I spent a solid hour in the bathroom, the executive bathroom mind you, which is like, the *nice* one, before my big presentation today. …

You tell yourself you're gonna go swimming with the grandkids, then you see the water and remember the gut, the loose skin, the scars from losing it... …

Okay so my 30-year reunion was last weekend. …

But in that dress, I felt like a linebacker wrapped in a shiny ribbon. …