エリッサ・ダウニーさんのインスタグラム写真 - (エリッサ・ダウニーInstagram)「⚠️TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️ Let’s talk body image… As you guys know I was an elite gymnastics for 20 years of my life. Throughout my time in gymnastics body image was always a HUGE topic of conversation that surfaced around me pretty much daily since the age of 8/9 years old. In my career I was told multiple times, I was to big to be a gymnast, I had to much muscle, I wasn’t the right shape, I was getting injured because I was to big, told to keep food diaries from a very young age, weighed once or even twice a week from the ages of 8 or 9 etc. Nobody seemed to interested in how I performed in the gym it just always seemed to be about how I looked?! (Which is wild!) So you can imagine after 20 years of hearing the same things repeated to you over and over, it starts to give you a very distorted view of yourself. 1. In this photo I’m 20 years old, full time gymnast training 25+ hours a week and still getting told I’m to big. If I’m honest I ate everything I wanted out of rebelling against everyone who told me to eat certain foods. But the immediate regret I’d get I’d almost instantly go and burn it off! (This pic was taken when I was on holiday and just done like 40 mins of cardio out of guilt). - Second picture, I’m about 2 months post retirement, probably the biggest I’ve been, but I was on a come down from training 25+ hours a week, still eating what I used to be able to eat because I exercised so much and still trying to go to the gym x2 a day. As you can imagine felt really unhappy in myself because I was confused why I was constantly gaining weight even though my food hadn’t changed and I’d go to the gym x2. - Final picture 8/9 months post retiring from sport. No clue what I weight because it’s irrelevant, I eat so much healthier than I ever have done in my life, I can guilt free eat now, I fuel my body correctly for what I do in my days, I love exercise and moving my body and don’t see it as any kind of punishment. All of this to me is a miracle and if a year ago you would told me I’d feel like this in myself I wouldn’t of believed anyone. I’ve done so much self developing on this subject for myself and it’s been life changing… Continued caption👇🏼」8月22日 18時05分