What I did in the very beginning was find 1 thing I liked about my body, just one. After much debate (inside my head of course) I decided I would like my legs, they're not bad legs afterall. Once I accepted that I do infact have nice legs and I now honestly do like and actually pride them, I chose another body part, abdomen... I still don't (really) like all of me, but the parts I've come to love make it easier to accept the entire package as a whole.

This wasn't easy and by no means overnight, it took years of faking it but I finally like how I look and accept that I will never be the mental image I had of me growing up. She doesn't exist, but I do, and I'm not so bad ya know

Yes beauty is fleeting and only skin deep, but its my skin I have to feel comfortable in at the end of the day. My skin I have to present myself in to the world on a daily basis, hopefully with some poise and confidence.
So far I think I'm doing MUCH better in it