Laura Adlington shared a throwback snap of her ‘smaller frame’ as she opened up about her body image struggles on Monday.
The Great British Bake Off star, 33, who is a size 26 and an avid body positivity advocate, took to Instagram to share with fans how she feels about her body.
Laura said she was ‘completely and utterly miserable’ and was ‘still wanting to lose more weight’ despite being at her smallest size.
And when she sees herself look at old pictures of her body, she revealed what she does to help steer her into a positive mindset.
She said: ‘Two things I try and remind myself when I see old pictures of myself in a smaller body:
Laura Adlington, 33, shared a throwback snap of her ‘smaller frame’ as she opened up about her body image struggles on Monday
The Great British Bake Off star, who is a size 26 and an avid body positivity advocate, took to Instagram to share with fans how she manages to accept her body (pictured in 2024)
‘1. I was completely and utterly miserable. I was going through a horrible break up that left me with crippling anxiety – to the point I couldn’t eat, struggled to go to work and couldn’t even sit up straight because I was doubled over.
‘My stomach was quite literally in knots and my heart was shattered.
‘2. I STILL wanted to lose ‘just a bit more’. Even though I was the smallest I had been for a very very long time, I told myself I’d be happy when I lost 2/3 more stone.
‘At pretty much every single stage of my life, I’ve looked back at pictures of myself and wondered why I was so at war with what I saw in the mirror.
‘Maybe that’s proof that body image issues lie with how we *think* about how we look, rather than how we actually look.
‘And, maybe it’s time we stop romanticising our lives when we were smaller. Chances are they weren’t all sunshine and roses back then either.
‘What do you think? Is this something you do too?’
Laura previously admitted on her body positivity podcast Go Love Yourself that she does worry about the health implications her size may bring when she’s older.
Laura said she was ‘completely and utterly miserable’ and was ‘still wanting to lose more weight’ despite being at her smallest size
And when she sees herself look at old pictures of her body, she revealed what she does to help steer her into a positive mindset
She said: ‘ Two things I try and remind myself when I see old pictures of myself in a smaller body: 1. I was completely and utterly miserable. ‘2. I STILL wanted to lose ‘just a bit more’
Laura previously admitted on her body positivity podcast Go Love Yourself that she does worry about the health implications her size may bring when she’s older
Yet she reasoned: ‘I think a lot of people think when you’re body positive you’re promoting obesity but actually we’re just existing.’
Discussing her yo-yo dieting, she continued: ‘I’ve tried every single diet numerous times, tried everything and all that happens is that I put the weight back on and more and feel s***er.’
‘I’m at the point where I think diets don’t work, I don’t want to have bariatric surgery, my options are to try and be a bit healthier and just accept myself and not beat myself up and try and live life to full.’
