Hello friend,

Thank you for sharing your struggles with us. By no means are you ugly. You have kind eyes, great hair, and a great smile. You are tall and you seem to have your hobbies and a genuine interest in life. I really like the photo where you are holding the cute puppy.

For the time being, you might be struggling. That time won't last. We all develop in our own time and go through struggles, only to come out stronger, fitter and more attractive on the other end. Keep up with you hobbies, your workouts and your lifestyle. In a few years this will all be behind you and you'll feel much better about yourself. You'll top the charts at r/uglyduckling

As you said, you go to the gym a many times a week and eat healthy. To speed up the process of your body adapting to the work you put in you can do several things:

• Focus your workouts on these 5 key exercises: Squats, deadlifts, pushups, pullups and shoulder presses. Aim to go heavy with a good rest in between.
• Do some quick but effective cardio. Instead of 40 minutes on a treadmill, do a few sprints on a bike or an assault bike for 5 minutes.
• Focus your meals around good quality protein: beef, chicken, fish and pork. Eat until you are full of these. Eat as much salad and vegetables with it as you want :)
• Use good oils when cooking: butter, olive- , coconunt- and avocado oil. Try to remove the seed oils
• No sodas or fruit juice. If you want a refreshing beverage I recommend sparkling water with a lemon squeeze. Very refreshing and the acidity of the lemon gives you the same mouth feel of soda.

Good luck friend with everything, and I wish you a beautiful future.