Yvie Jones’ message to social media users to ensure happier self
Former Gogglebox star and I’m A Celebrity winner Yvie Jones has sent a strong message to social media users, as the broadcaster continues to advocate for body positivity.
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Broadcaster and former Gogglebox star Yvie Jones has urged people to unfollow those on social media, or in real life, who make them feel bad.
Jones, who won I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here earlier this year, also said she still struggles with an eating disorder.
“I don’t see myself as a body positive warrior,” she said on the Hit Network today.
“I see myself as someone who still struggles every single day with an eating disorder. (But) what I have decided to do is love myself anyway.
She added: “On social media, I honestly believe you should unfollow anyone who makes you feel bad. Saying ‘no’ to things that make you like feel crap, to me, is a heroic act of self love. It’s OK to unfollow someone in real life as well.”
Jones shot to prominence as a body positive advocate when she refused to be weighed while competing in the jungle on the Channel 10 reality show.
“I wished we lived in a different world where what we look like doesn’t matter,” she said on I’m A Celebrity. “I feel like we’ve all been doing so well, and we’re going to celebrate how much weight we’ve lost and that’s somehow something to be proud of. I don’t think it is something to be proud of.
“I just hope I can help one person understand that it has nothing to do with the way you look; what your worth is in the world.”
On the Hit Network today, Jones said: “I was speaking my truth for maybe the first time in a medium that was so incredibly geared to do what you’re told.
“I grew up in a household where it wasn’t OK to be overweight. It was something you needed to be ashamed of. I developed an eating disorder so young, and have continued with that for the rest of my life.”
Jones added: “I was so sick of the diet culture. I had worked so incredibly hard to not have triggers that trigger most women, and a lot of men. I’d stopped reading magazines … and getting on scales.
“My psychologist and I had worked so incredibly hard to get me to a place of acceptance.
(But) when I saw those scales it triggered me
“It took me back to every single time I had to stand on a scale, whether it was in a doctor’s office, or weight watchers meeting, or n your own bathroom. You can get obsessed with the scales. It’s something I tried so hard to get away from.”
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Jones warned people to be cautious during the holiday season of messaging on “how you should look … and how to get your summer body.”
She urged people to “look in the mirror everyday and smile; and to talk to (yourself) the way (you would) talk to a friend, or a vulnerable child.
“When you think something awful or judgmental about someone, including yourself … always remember the first thing your mind thinks is how society has taught us to be. It’s conditioned us.”
Jones encouraged people to follow “positive profiles” on social media, and added: “Reprogram your mind. We are so much more than what appears in the mirror.
“Lastly,” she said, “Eat what you want. Stuff diet culture. Listen to what your body wants. It will never let you down.”