Woman who starved herself for 'summer body' learns to love curves in bikini

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diets to shed the pounds.But one woman has spoken out about the importance of loving your curves – as she learnt how awful it can be to "starve yourself" to try and achieve the "perfect" summer body.Alex Light recently took to Instagram to share her views on dieting before jetting off to spend some time in the sun, as trying to lose weight quickly has made her so miserable in the past.The body positive influencer said she would "literally starve herself" before she went on holiday, and it would leave her feeling very unwell.

In the end she wouldn't even look forward to going away, as all she would think about was food. Writing on Instagram Alex Light said: "Before every holiday, I would literally starve myself.

I remember I was booked to go to Mexico and I did a juice diet for three weeks beforehand. "I felt so, so so ill (most likely through sheer lack of nourishment) that I wasn’t even excited to go away anymore… I was just consumed by thoughts of food.

And when I got there, I spent the entire time obsessing over not putting any of the weight I’d lost back on."She also pointed out that turning to fad diets would also lead to her feeling really miserable, and would later completely ruin her break away.