Ashley Bakshi shares a picture of the past before she lost 20 kilograms and sends a message of empowerment: "Love yourself"
Ashley Waxman asked
Photography:
Heli Friedman
No filters, no masks, no hiding: Beauty guru and network star Ashley Waxman Bakshi shares with her 276,000 followers the weight change she has gone through in recent years, taking care of the way to convey a message from trees of acceptance and love.
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"This is also not a post before / after (the second picture is for those who happened to come to this post and do not know me and do not know what I look like today)", Bakshi opened the post which included two pictures of her: one, from the more distant past where it was fuller, and the other After losing 20 kg of weight.
"I'm proud of this picture when I weigh about 20 pounds more," Bakshi stressed.
"Proud of this picture maybe even more than the second picture. Why? Because I loved myself here just as much as I love myself today. To anyone who happens to think that weight loss has changed me, I want to say that the only thing that matters to me today is health," she said.
"And yes, today I am much much healthier. In sugar, cholesterol, iron, calcium and more and more. Today I am a little more comfortable," she admitted.
"I have more power, I look in the mirror and really like what I see, and yes, I probably also prefer myself that way, but in that 20 pound period I also liked what I saw in the mirror. I never thought I was worth less or prayed to change. I loved. Myself just as I am, "Bakshi revealed.
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"I share my process as I share all the processes I have been through in recent years, and not because I am disconnected from having people who might interpret it differently than I intend. I still choose to share because I understand how much I can make a positive impact and encourage a healthy lifestyle. More, not because I encourage thinness, "Bakshi wrote apparently in preparation for comments she thought the content of the post might produce.
"I am sharing this post to say so I loved myself in both photos and to remind all my followers to love themselves in every photo of them as well," asked Bakshi to end the post with an empowering and empowering message.
The post by Bakshi (35) guru Beauty, a network anchor and also a mother of four, surfaced on her Instagram yesterday (Saturday), and quickly managed to garner more than 12,000 likes and dozens of strengthening and embracing comments.
"You are inspired," surfers wrote to her.
"Thanks to you, I developed self-confidence and learned to love myself," others added, and "you are a real and stunning queen in any situation," they concluded.