In recent years, Louise Thompson has leant more and more into the fitness world on Instagram, now even owning her own activewear business. But in a refreshingly frank Instagram post, the 30-year-old admits she's "lost fascination with women's bodies including my own." Posing for a series of snaps whilst holidaying in the Maldives, Louise accompanied the photos with a very long and refreshingly honest caption.
"🙄Tense Tense Tense. Back in the day every single holiday shot used to be bikini + abs.," she began.
"As I’ve got older I realise I’m slightly less inclined to post photos with flesh out. It was kinda a natural transition... and something I didn’t give a lot of thought to. I just post things that I like."
The Made In Chelsea star admitted that she used to post pictures for others rather than herself, saying: "Before I would post things that other people liked and that happened to be me with my bod out. In fact that was the ONLY thing people wanted to see for about 3 years. Pretty glad that I’ve moved away from caring so much about what others think."
Louise went on to suggest that age had been a factor in learning not to worry about the opinions of others.
"Since I turned 30 I seem to have lost my fascination with women’s bodies including my own. Don’t get me wrong I care immensely about health + strength + fitness (especially since dealing with my ulcerative colitis) but I don’t feel I need to prove anything to the world anymore. I don’t need external validation and I don’t believe I need to post photos looking super lean with a trim waste all the time to prove that I’m worthy, strong, successful, happy etc."
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Louise was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis back in 2018, which is a chronic condition involving the inflammation of the rectum and colon.
It's refreshing to hear this kind of perspective from someone in the public eye. Whatever your body shape, if you can get to a point where you're comfortable in your own skin, not becoming preoccupied with what anyone else might think, that's just about as empowering as it gets.
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