Reality star’s shares candid confession about post-Christmas body

A reality TV star has shared a picture of post-Christmas body - and her candid take has been praised by social media users.

A reality star has been praised for showing what her body looks like after a “really nice Christmas”.

Vicky Pattison, who appeared on popular shows such as Geordie Shore and I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!, shared a picture to Instagram.

The image showed the 37-year-old sitting on the floor of her wardrobe in nothing but her underwear. She said it was not a “before” photo.

“In a couple of weeks there’ll be no bright shiny ‘after’ picture that I proudly show off,” she captioned the image.

Vicky Pattison shared a candid snap. Picture: Instagram/@vickypattison

“This is just my body after a really nice Christmas — and I’d hazard a guess that most bodies look a little bit different after the festive season. And that is OK, in fact it’s perfectly normal.”

She said many people deserve to let their hair down at Christmas after rushing around all year long — and, naturally, that would make bodies look a little different.

However, she stressed that shouldn’t change how one sees themself.

“I’ve no doubt social media will be awash with everyone’s resolutions and promises of lifestyle overhauls, pictures of half naked perfect bods and everything else that might make you feel a certain type of way about yourself and your Christmas squish but please, drone out the noise and be kind to yourself,” she said.

“I intend to move my body a bit more in January, drink a bit less and make some more ethical decisions regarding my diet.

“None of this should be hard btw considering over the last week I’ve drank like a sailor, ate like a caveman and only rolled off the sofa when I needed more cheese.

Many praised her. Picture: Instagram/@vickypattison

“But ultimately, I’m going to recognise that January is a long old month, traditionally quite a miserable one and me beating myself up over being a bit squishy isn’t going to make it any better!”

Many social media users praised Ms Pattison for her view on the situation

“I love this, I’m sure someone has swapped my wardrobe for all smaller sizes,” one said.

Another added: “This is what we needed to see today lol. As we are all human. Memories are forever a few extra pound is not.”

“You are beautiful. You do you! Thank you for these words I needed to read them,” one said.

Another added: “Girl you look great … we gotta get our eat on over Xmas.”

One added: “Thank you for being so honest and real. There is too much pressure to look a certain way. Health, happiness, love and good people around you are what is most important.”