thefitty submitted:

Long story short, fitness has saved me mentally. I have been at this journey for 2-3 very difficult and abused years and I can’t say that I’m fully happy with myself or my body yet, but I’m a whole lot closer than I ever was. In just the past year, I’ve built myself up to be a runner. I’m still not speedy, nor am I superior at it, but I went from being dead after 5km to having that as warm up! I now surpass most boys in fitness tests and I’ve qualified for xc city finals by placing 14th to finish in my region out of (number 35 of out 140). So don’t giveupyourgoals because every single day I am STRUGGLING to make it out there on my own, without support from my family and little from my friends!