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Naomi Osaka opened up about her struggles with body image after giving birth to her daughter.
The tennis champion penned a heartfelt caption in an Instagram post, detailing her experience.
“Honestly I don’t really know what to caption this post. I wanted to say ‘body changes throughout the year’ but it actually means a lot more to me than that,” Osaka wrote.
She said that throughout the past year, she often felt ashamed of her body. She also felt pressure to “snap back” like other moms.
“That self comparison always hurt because I felt as an athlete I should be losing weight quicker than most, I was in the gym everyday so that thought didn’t feel too unrealistic,” she wrote.
The Grand Slam winner is grateful for the journey she’s been on.
“To get to the point I’m at now was definitely a journey, an adventure I know that I’m still embracing. All bodies are different and I appreciate mine for how it is. My body has done so much for me and adapted so well to the tasks that I’m asking from it, I’m extremely grateful and thankful,” Osaka wrote.
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