Communal Bathing Helped Me Get Over My Lifelong Body Image Issues

helovi/E+/Getty ImagesI can’t remember a time when I didn’t battle my weight. Over the years, I tried low-carb dieting, intermittent fasting, and more to keep the weight I so desperately was worried about at bay. Then I hit 50 — hello perimenopause! —and any weight that came off over the years quickly came flooding back on. No matter what I did, I couldn't seem to lose all my new-found padding.At the same time I was dealing with my weight, I continued my love of travel, but I stuck to destinations that didn’t require bearing it all. No bikini for me, thank you very much. I did take up scuba di