Australian fitness influencer Emily Skye has been talking about the importance of body positivity for years. And it seems she tries to practice what she preaches.
The mom of two just shared a bikini photo on Instagram with a very important message in the caption. "So many people believe having babies ruins your body! I don't think that's true!" she wrote. "Your body is not ruined, it's just different!"
Emily-Skye-Shares-Photo-of-Having-a-Baby-and-Her-Body-GettyImages-469569678 she's learned to change her mindset over time.
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"I just have so much more respect and appreciation for what my body is capable of," she said in 2018, after having Mia. "I had no understanding of it before, but I literally grew a life, which is amazing. So the little things that before might have gotten to me don't anymore. I don't care about the stretch marks; I have flabby skin and cellulite. I also love the way I look now."
Skye said she almost didn't recognize her body after she had Mia, and that was hard for her at first. "But I had to remind myself of what I'd just been through," she said. "It's not permanent, either. You have the power to get fit again and get healthy—and let go of the thing that you can't [change]." She also said she would remind herself when she looked in the mirror that she has a healthy baby and that she shouldn't "get too caught up in what you don't have."
Skye shared in November 2020 on Instagram that her journey to get back her fitness after having Izaac was "a lot slower" than it was after she had Mia. "I am a lot busier now though with my businesses and kids and fitting in my training is more challenging," she wrote in the caption of a video of herself in a bikini. In the video, Skye showed her stomach from all angles, and even jiggled it a little at one point.
"I always make sure I focus on how I feel (mentally and physically) and what my body DOES rather than how it 'looks," she continued. "That's not to say I don't have fitness goals though and that I'm not doing everything in my power to reach those goals, but it's about controlling what you have the ability to control. If I can't then I don't beat myself up about it. There's just no point! 🤷🏻♀️ I'm doing the best I can & that's good enough. ☺️."
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