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And today on the podcast, me and my amazing co-house, you know her and you love her at this point if you've listened this much. Hey guys, hey guys. I'm super excited to talk about our topic for the day. And we're talking body image. Body image. Body yada, yada, yada, yada, yada, yada, yada, yada, yada, yada, yada, yaddy. Um, I have struggled with this a lot in my life.

Have you, Ketley?

I have, and it's so funny.

So if you have ever met me, seen me, I get it all the time. I'm thin. I'm petite. I'm this and that. I know you're probably like, okay, stop flexing Ketley.

But like she, like I remember one time we went shopping together and I love this place.

Tiki.

It's a cute like little place near my parents condo. flexing Ketley but like she like I remember one time we went shopping together and I love this

place Tiki it's a cute like little place near my parents condo and it's funny because

Kelly's the kind of person if someone sees her like oh my gosh like you kind of have like a model

bar and like so she's saying that but it's true as her friend who's like a little more muscular

smaller like whatever she's definitely long-legged.

Yeah.

And I've always kind of, like, got those compliments or honestly, I'll call them comments. Is it weird? Is it weird? It's weird. Well, I went through this whole back and forth as a kid of like always just accepting it as compliments. And then, you're so skinny. What are the compliments? Well, the compliments are like, you should be this, or you should do that, or you should be whatever.

And then after a while i was kind of i just stopped talking about my body because i wouldn't i never initiate those conversations and i've always been involved in those conversations like unsolicited so i'm kind of like okay i don't want to talk about me oh my gosh okay. Also in those moments, you're like, what are you looking? Like, it kind of remind you how important the human body feels for society. And it's like the first thing people notice of you. And I remember from a young age, my eyes, my smile. Right. Like, I have a good personality. I'm funny. Get to know me, you know? So I remember like not ever loving them at first and then kind of like forcing myself to like them and then realizing, hey, wait, like I don't want to talk about my body right now.

So I didn't for a long time. And if you ever hung out with me, you know that my go-to outfit is usually a big t-shirt or big sweater.

And honestly honestly that came

from me not like being comfortable with people talking about it so i started just to like cop out to big

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