Trolls said I’d ‘let myself go’ after kids – but I love my body more now than when I was super slim, says Ashley James

ASHLEY James has opened up connected her acquisition with assemblage dysmorphia and the horrendous hatred she has received from nasty trolls.

The broadcaster and DJ, 37, who has two children, girl Ada, one, and lad Alfie, three, with her spouse of 5 years Tommy Andrews, explained that keyboard warriors person accused her of ‘letting herself go’.

Not lone this, but the Made In Chelsea and Celebrity Big Brother veteran, who is present a regular impermanent connected This Morning, has been asked connected galore occasions by haters erstwhile she would ‘bounce back’ aft having kids.

The star, who describes herself arsenic a ‘Voice for Women’, took to social media to unfastened up connected her narration with her body, leaving galore open-mouthed. 

Alongside bikini pictures from erstwhile Ashley was astatine her slimmest, she wrote: “I was praised here, erstwhile truly I was suffering with body dysmorphia.

“Wasting truthful overmuch encephalon power reasoning astir food. Tired and hungry. Not having periods. Exercising arsenic a punishment.”

Moments later, Ashley shared clips of her posing successful a bikini, soon aft she gave birth to her children. 

Alongside mean comments from trolls which work ‘You’ve fto yourself go’ and ‘Are you going to bounce back?’, Ashley continued: “My assemblage was perpetually being judged here.

"When really I had conscionable created life! Was breastfeeding a baby. Had much emotion and respect for my assemblage than I’d ever had before! 

“Now I spot workout arsenic a mode to bask moving my body. I ne'er restrict nutrient and truthful person abstraction to deliberation of different things. 

“Being smaller is not ever healthier. ‘Heathy’ looks antithetic connected everyBODY.”

Alongside the video, which was shared connected Instagram to her 460,000 followers, the mum-of-two penned: “One happening I’d emotion to unpick is the societal thought that being smaller is ever healthier.

“Diet civilization has permeated fitness and exercise truthful overmuch that we equate value nonaccomplishment with results erstwhile truthful galore times it doesn’t origin successful health strength.

“One happening I’ve realised from my ain experience, is that each clip I’ve been my smallest I’ve been the slightest steadfast and the slightest happy. And yet it’s the mentation of myself radical person praised the most.

“The happiest and astir emotion and respect I’ve ever felt successful my assemblage was postnatally erstwhile I conscionable felt truthful successful awe that my assemblage produced my babies and the dialog was wholly astir bouncing backmost and letting myself go. 

“It’s kinda sick really that we can’t adjacent fto women retrieve without judging them.”

Reflecting connected her ‘body neutrality’ journey, the blonde beauty admitted: “I’ve present got to a spot of assemblage neutrality wherever I don’t restrict food, I determination my assemblage due to the fact that it feels bully and I privation to beryllium beardown (something the postnatal betterment made maine consciousness precise passionately about). 

“I’ve had radical justice my assemblage for years - from being called excessively large erstwhile I modelled, to radical judging maine for being excessively large oregon excessively small, to being praised erstwhile I was sick and judged erstwhile I was happy. 

“I’ve learned to fto comments brushwood disconnected maine arsenic they’re a reflection of others. 

“But 1 happening I would emotion is for nine to halt reasoning that wellness tin beryllium judged from quality and that women should person to shrink themselves down erstwhile quality comes successful each shapes and sizes!”

Ashley's fans react

Ashley’s inspiring reel has intelligibly near galore open-mouthed, arsenic it has rapidly racked up 314,000 views and astir 8,700 likes. 

Fans and adjacent galore of Ashley’s celebrity friends eagerly rushed to the comments to praise the influencer, with galore hailing her an ‘inspiration’. 

One idiosyncratic said: “Beautiful woman, almighty message.”

Another added: “You’re truthful gorgeous! Inside and out. Such an inspiration.”

A 3rd commented: “What a almighty message. Absolutely beautiful.”

Meanwhile, glamour exemplary and TV property Nicola McLean beamed: “Such an important message.” 

Whilst broadcaster and Countdown prima Carol Vorderman simply praised: “As ever spot on.” 

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