Amy Hart has responded to backlash over posting weight loss snaps.
The Love Island star took to Instagram on Tuesday to share the results of a 7-day fitness and yoga retreat she had attended, which resulted in a 2kg weight loss.
The 27-year-old admitted that the reason she attended the retreat was not to lose weight, but to overcome her “social anxiety” and “reset” before starting a new chapter of her life.
After uploading the before and after photos of her body, Amy admitted she had received comments from body-shaming trolls – who labelled her “too thin” and “ill-looking”.
Responding to the backlash on her Instagram Stories, Amy wrote: “Some of the comments on my post about what a disgrace I am for sharing the day one and day seven pics…
“I went on holiday to a health retreat and have had thousands of messages with questions and encouragement, asking to follow my journey. It’s not a dramatic weight loss, it’s not like I’ve lost 2 stone in 7 days or something ridiculous like that.
“I’m not telling people to go and take weight loss shots or live on 3 cuppa-soups a day. It’s a one week reset. As you’ll see in the caption, the actual juicing aspect was very far down the list for me and the weight loss ever further down.
“My skin is glowing, I’m less bloated, I toned up through lots of fun and exercise classes with friends. I had the best time out there so wanted to share.”
Sharing screenshots of some of the messages she had received, Amy added: “Also side notes, 1) I’m still way over what I was in Love Island so I dread to think how pathetic and thin you thought I was then.
“2) The difference between B&A is more exercise, no wine and no takeaways, your body needs a break sometimes!
“Final thought, in what parallel universe would you go up to a stranger in the street and tell them they look pathetic and ill, better before or too thin?” she asked.
“Luckily for me it’s not (I don’t get it very often – I enjoy wine and takeaways too much) but it’s actually very offensive to some people.”
In another post, Amy revealed trolls had commented on tabloid stories that she had a “flabby body, an average face, yellow hair and awful teeth”.
“Look, my Insta is a mixture,” she added, “I’m not an influencer, I drink wine, I go running, I give political views, I watch shows, I try and cook healthy meals, I get really drunk and perform for you, I eat burgers…
“I promote causes close to my heart and I go on holiday whether it be a 10 day booze bender in Marbs or a 7 day health retreat in Portugal. It’s all me and it’s all my life.
“If you’re in, you get to enjoy every bit of the journey,” she signed off.
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