EXCLUSIVE: Almost 12-months after giving birth to her first child, a son Abel, former Love Island star Olivia Bowen admits she only just feels ready to exercise once again
As Olivia Bowen’s son Abel approaches his first birthday, the first-time mum has opened up on her post-baby battle with body image, which left her feeling as though she’d “lost every part” of her former self.
“It was just a big change,” she tells OK! . “It was more me losing myself on the inside than dealing with how I looked on the outside. For me, fitness and working out are so important and I couldn’t do any of that. In turn, it made me really spiteful towards my body because I wasn’t able to move how I used to.”
Despite making plans for a Caesarean, the reality star’s birth experience was not quite what she expected. “But now I’m back doing my hobbies and I’m riding, I feel so elated. I started personal training twice a week, running twice a week, I was just all over it. My body got fitter. For me, I look better – maybe not for other people, but I don’t care how other people see me.”
“One of my favourite things about myself was my boobs,” she admits. “But after breastfeeding, they naturally just lose their volume. I mean, my boobs have fed a baby so they’re never going to be the same size and the skin has just become more elastic. My boobs doubled in size when I was feeding Abel. They went up to a 32DD before I had him and I am three sizes smaller now.”
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