In a recent TikTok video, Olympic rugby player and “Dancing With The Stars” competitor Ilona Maher shared three strategies she uses on bad body image days.
The beauty standards in our anti-aging, pro-thinness culture can feel impossibly high, so it’s no wonder that so many of us deal with bad body image days—yep, even Olympic athlete and Sports Illustrated cover model Ilona Maher. The rugby bronze medalist, who just returned from the 2024 Paris Games and is currently competing in the newest season of Dancing with the Stars, has been super vulnerable about her own self-acceptance journey.
Most people don’t have the same physique they had 10, 5, maybe even two years ago—and that’s totally normal. “Whether we’re in a different part of our cycle, whether we’re eating more, eating less, working out more—I’m not working out as much I usually do, so that’s why my body’s changing a little bit,” Maher added. Beyond lifestyle shifts though, bodies can outgrow themselves simply because that’s just a natural part of getting older, as SELF previously reported.
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