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Lunchbox:
Can't do anything about 'em really. You can't prevent them very well, you can't get rid of them very well. They fade over time and you get used to 'em.

Jimmy the Squid:
I actually don't mind my stretch marks that much but that is mainly because if you don't think about them too much they just look like oddly placed scars. In fact when a friend of mine saw me without a shirt on in highschool (about 5 months after I started hitting the gym really hard) she got all excited because she has a thing for scars and thought I had awesome ones across my chest. I didn't bother to correct her.

Patrick:
My self image spiked when a cute girl who vaguely remembered me from last year decided to make out with me for no other reason than she thought I was hellof cute. It spiked again today when like 6 of my customers told me to tell my mama that she did a good job with me.

Also, Squiddy, if you're getting stretch marks from buffing up, I don't think you have anything to worry about in regards to them marring your appearance.

Jimmy the Squid:
Ah, but now they are also on my tummy! This is not because I have wicked abs but because I really enjoy pizza. My point about the looking like weird scars still stands though.

tania:
one of my resolutions this year was to seriously, absolutely, with complete commitment put myself on a diet and seriously, absolutely, with complete commitment exercise at least three times a week. this isn't the kind of thing where i'm insecure or trying to starve myself because i want to lose weight or anything. i've always been pretty small, but i just wanted to actually look and feel really okay about my body. like, make myself work for it or something. it's been almost six months now and miraculously i've managed to keep this up and as a result, this is one of the first times in my life where i've been really happy with how i look and feel. it's weird, i mean i've probably gotten only a little bit leaner since i am a pretty tiny lady by default but putting myself on this regime has just really helped clear up my head and i feel really... accomplished i guess? it's awesome.

i was talking to my housemate about this and we got on the topic of how fatness really is an epidemic, because it's very, very hard to try to be healthy when all your friends aren't. if they want to order a pizza you can not be that guy who says, it's okay, i'll have a salad instead. it just isn't acceptable. it's very bizarre how in north america we have these conflicting messages in the media everywhere (for women, at least) going between YOU NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT, YOU NEED TO BE BEAUTIFUL and DON'T LET THE MEDIA PUSH YOU AROUND, EMBRACE YOUR CURVES. i mean, it gets to a point where basically the only thing that is acceptable is to be one of those girls who can eat whatever she wants and have a high enough metabolism that she stays skinny which is retarded because most people aren't like that. you either eat whatever you want and get fat, or you make an effort to eat healthy and stay fit. technically i'm on a diet because there's a lot of food i don't let myself eat anymore, and that word just makes people recoil automatically but really i feel awesome and clear headed so i don't get what the big deal is. maybe it's one of those things where the culture is just obsessed with always getting everything they want. who knows?

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