I don't think closeted homosexual morticians have the market cornered on self-loathing or sense of shame.
You can't get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn up 300 calories in an hour. If you've got fat on your body, the exercise firms and tones the muscles. But when you use that tape measure, what makes it bigger? It's the fat!
I was quite creative at school, and was also interested in fashion , but I was shy - I'm still not the loudest of people, believe it or not.