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I have always lived my life in a fat body. Experiencing the world as a person who takes up more space but somehow still being seen as less-than. And I know there is a variety of social and political takes one can have about Fatphobia, unhealthiness, beauty politics, obesity, etc.., but I would not like to write this piece telling you how to feel about my body or your own. Instead, I am writing this to discuss how in the search for a “new year new you!” beach body I began the much harder and more complicated journey of losing and finding myself in a sea of warped self-image. I won’t go too deep into the nitty-gritty details, but I will say that I think, when we are looking at ourselves, so much of what we see is not our own.