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Emily Skye: 1, Instagram trolls: 0.
Skye, 33, shared a before and after photo from twodifferent postpartum stages— one at six weeks after giving birth, and the other from now, eight months later.
Aftergiving birth to her first child, daughter Mia, in December, Skye’s bodyhas significantly changed, in defiance of Instagram trolls.
In reality, Skye said, she’s amazed and proud of her progress.
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And Skye is encouraging her followers to adopt a similar mindset.
And while Skye is now in a place where she’s loving her body, the postpartum process wasn’t easy. Sheopened up in April about getting frustratedwith how her body looks.
“A few times I’ve said to my partner Dec things along the lines of ‘why aren’t I getting leaner?’ ‘How come other people get back in shape quickly after giving birth and I didn’t?’ I even started to believe what many people tell me, that I won’t ever get back in shape. I know it’s not true but sometimes I doubt myself and my mindset gets a little unfocused,” she wrote.
Skye shared this post to show that she isn’t perfect, and has days where she struggles like everyone else.
“I just want you to know that I’m far from perfect in many ways,” she said. “I don’t always ‘love myself,’ I don’t always feel confident and accepting of my flaws. Sometimes I do beat myself up and compare myself to others and don’t feel ‘good enough.’ ”
“When I feel like this I remind myself of the things I preach to others — that I should treat myself how I would treat my daughter Mia,” she said. “I should tell myself what I’d tell her and love myself the way I love her. It’s SO hard to do but I believe that’s how we should treat ourselves because if we can’t love and care for ourselves, how are we supposed to love and care for others?!”
source: people.com
