Olivia Bowen insisted she has ‘bigger things in life to worry about than being f***ing skinny’ as she discussed the pressures of losing weight on Wednesday.
The former Love Island star, 30, welcomed son Abel, two, her first child with husband and fellow islander Alex Bowen, 33, in June 2022.
Despite previously admitting that she ‘really really struggled’ with her postpartum figure, so much so that she ‘hated’ herself ‘beyond belief’, Olivia has now said she has accepted the way she looks and has more going on in her life than to be hitting the gym all the time.
The mother-of-one explained how she believes the pressure started for her due to 90’s and 2000’s magazines featuring really skinny models of ‘what society expected us to be’.
Olivia, who’s husband Alex is a personal trainer, admitted she ‘feels really guilty’ as he is ‘so fit’ and she finds exercising ‘hard’ but she hopes that her challenges ‘help other women feel like it’s normal to struggle’.
Speaking exclusively to MailOnline at Winder Wonderland in London with W7 Cosmetics, Olivia said: ‘You know what I always feel really guilty because Alex is so fit and so naturally fit, but he’s been doing it for so long and it’s just so hard inside for me.
Olivia Bowen has revealed she has ‘bigger things in life to worry about than to be f***ing skinny’ as she opened up about the pressures of losing weight on Wednesday
The former Love Island star, 30, welcomed her first child Abel, two, with husband and fellow islander husband Alex Bowen , 33, in June 2022
The mother-of-one explained how she believes the pressure started for her due to 90’s and 2000’s magazines featuring really skinny models of ‘what society expected us to be’
‘I’ve always found it [exercising] a challenge and always found it a task. So I go through peaks and drops a bit.
‘Every woman has pressure [to ‘snap back’] and I feel like it isn’t just me facing it.
‘Women that grew up like in my era are in like the 90s and the 2000’s, the magazines would only show the skinny models, I feel like we went through a really tough era of seeing what society expected us to be.
‘So I don’t feel like it is Love Island that has made me like that. I feel like it is more just the pressures I’ve grown up with.
‘That pressure is really hard to manage but I guess the plus side I find being on Instagram is that I can try and combat it in a way and help other women feel like it’s normal to struggle.
‘But you just have to kind of realize that there’s bigger things in life to worry about, than to be skinny. I’ve got more going on in my life than to be to be f***ing skinny.
Discussing whether she and Alex would like another child, the TV personality added: ‘I don’t wanna force it.
‘It’s not something that has to be done right now, I just wanna see but I’d love for him to have a sibling because he loves babies and he’s so good with other children so it would be nice to have that.’
Olivia, who’s husband Alex is a personal trainer, admitted she ‘feels really guilty’ as he is ‘so fit’ and she finds exercising ‘hard’ but she hopes that her challenges ‘help other women feel like it’s normal to struggle’
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Speaking exclusively to MailOnline at Winder Wonderland in London with W7 Cosmetics, Olivia said: ‘I’ve always found [exercising] a challenge and always found it a task. So I go through peaks and drops a bit’
‘The pressure is really hard to manage but I guess the plus side I find being on Instagram is that I can try and combat it in a way and help other women feel like it’s normal to struggle’
‘But you just have to kind of realize that there’s bigger things in life to worry about, than to be skinny. I’ve got more going on in my life than to be to be f***ing skinny’
Olivia looked incredible during the festive evening with beauty brand W7 cosmetics as she wrapped up in a stylish roll neck jumper and a long black coat.
She added inches to her frame in a pair of burgundy thigh high boots and styled her long blonde tresses in a neat sleek bun.
The reality star was joined at the event by Love Island winner Jess Harding who turned heads in a skintight black catsuit which she teamed with a cropped fur coat and winter hat.
Leaving her long blonde tresses loose, Jess accessorised with a gold necklace and a crossbody Chanel handbag.
MAFS star Ella Morgan put on a leggy display in a brown minidress and black ankle boots as she beamed for photos with Olivia.
Meanwhile Courtney Green cut a casual figure in blue denim jeans and a jumper as she posed for photos in front of a Christmas tree.
The TV stars later braved the cold as they sipped on cocktails in the Ice Bar while wearing matching coats and gloves.
It comes after Olivia revealed she injured herself after she began exercising too soon after giving birth to her son.
Discussing whether she and Alex would like another child, the TV personality added: ‘I don’t wanna force it. It’s not something that has to be done right now, I just wanna see but I’d love for him to have a sibling’
Olivia looked incredible during the festive evening with beauty brand W7 cosmetics as she wrapped up in a stylish roll neck jumper and thigh high boots
The reality star was joined at the event by Love Island winner Jess Harding who turned heads in a skintight black catsuit which she teamed with a cropped fur coat and winter hat
Married At First Sight UK star Ella Morgan put on a leggy display in a brown minidress and black ankle boots as she beamed for photos with Olivia
Meanwhile Courtney Green cut a casual figure in blue denim jeans and a jumper as she posed for photos in front of a Christmas tree
The TV stars later braved the cold as they sipped on cocktails in the Ice Bar while wearing matching coats and gloves
In a candid and emotional chat with Giovanna Fletcher on her Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast, Olivia told how she ‘knew’ she’d struggle to with the look of her body after giving birth, with the star constantly comparing herself to other new mums.
However due to the pressure at the time she started exercising to soon and ’caused myself a lot of damage’.
She said: ‘I ended up actually really injuring myself because I had a complicated birth. I started running too early because I was so conscious of what I looked like.
‘I ended up breaking my stitches. I ended up… I horse rode too early because I wanted to get fit again, and I caused myself a lot of damage.
‘Not going into too much detail, but I ended up, like, actually really hurting myself from wanting to bounce back.’
