‘Not proud to share I’ve been fat phobic’: Iskra Lawrence reveals she was ‘lived in fear’ of being overweight during her teenage years
Iskra Lawrence has revealed she ‘lived in fear of being fat’ during her teenage years.
The model, 30, took to Instagram on Monday where she admitted she had been fat phobic and held herself ‘to impossible standards and judged / stereotyped others’.
Iskra shared a video where she counted down from 10 on her hands while answering a series of questions about the times she had criticised her figure or another’s.
Phobia: Iskra Lawrence has revealed she ‘lived in fear of being fat’ during her teenage years
Questions included: ‘Have you ever hated your body?’, ‘Have you ever wished to look like someone else?’ and ‘Have you ever said anything mean about someone else?’.
Iskra showed off her incredible post-partum figure in a purple snakeskin crop top and matching leggings.
She wrote: ‘Not proud to share that I’ve been Fat-phobic, I didn’t understand at the time why or what it even meant. I lived in fear of being fat during my teenage years, because everywhere I had been shown that success, desirability, popularity and acceptance was only for those in societies parameters of body size and beauty ideals.
Honest: The model, 30, took to Instagram on Monday where she admitted she had been fat phobic and held herself ‘to impossible standards and judged / stereotyped others’
Looking fab: Iskra showed off her incredible post-partum figure in a purple snakeskin crop top and matching leggings
Body image: Questions included: ‘Have you ever hated your body?’, ‘Have you ever wished to look like someone else?’ and ‘Have you ever said anything mean about someone else?’
Candid: Iskra admitted to making assumptions about someone’s health based on their size and to struggling with negative body image or an eating disorder
Beauty: ‘I lived in fear of being fat during my teenage years, because everywhere I had been shown that success and acceptance was only for those in societies parameters of body size’
Her say: In a lengthy caption, Iskra wrote: ‘Not proud to share that I’ve been Fat-phobic, I didn’t understand at the time why or what it even means’.
Motherhood: Iskra became a first-time mother back in April, when she and Philip Payne welcomed the birth of their baby son
‘I wish I had known better, I wish I’d have never held myself to impossible standards or judged / stereotyped others. I know better now, recovery truly is a gift.’
Iskra went on to say recovery isn’t easy when ‘everything has been stacked against you to not feel enough’, but being you ‘is the best you can be’.
Iskra became a first-time mother back in April, when she and Philip Payne welcomed the birth of their baby son.
The model recently admitted that her exercise regime hasn’t been ‘consistent’ since giving birth but said she was ‘in awe’ that her body has given her the gift of motherhood.
It comes after Iskra detailed the ‘pressures’ of breastfeeding her baby son in another candid video.
Iskra admitted there have been times when she’s had a ‘screaming, hungry baby’ while being a ‘sobbing mess’ as she opened up on her anxieties about the process via Instagram.
Awareness: It comes after Iskra detailed the ‘pressures’ of breastfeeding her baby son in another candid video