Malin Andersson posed in her underwear as she opened up about being “her own worst critic” in a body-positive Instagram post on Thursday.
The former Love Island star, 31, wore a plum colored lace underwear set as the camera panned around her body as she stood in front of a mirror.
Billie Eilish’s track “What Was I Made For?” plays in the background of the video while Malin talks about her body image in an accompanying caption.
She spoke of feeling “pressured” around alcohol and food over the Christmas period, while bravely speaking about her struggles with an eating disorder.
Malin wrote: “I can be my own worst critic.” Especially my inner voice. The one who says I’m not good enough. That the markings on my body are not appealing.
Powerful: Malin Andersson posed in her underwear as she opened up about being “her worst critic” in a body-positive Instagram post on Thursday
Honest: Billie Eilish’s track “What Was I Made For?” plays in the background of the video while Malin talks about her body image in an accompanying caption
“But I know now that I have to say the opposite of what I want to say when I look in the mirror, because I am so much more than that.” I embody love.
“Christmas is just around the corner and we have this strange pressure around alcohol and food.
“For those struggling with eating disorders, especially at this time of year when we should be having fun and making special memories, obsession and restriction with food can be damaging. And we end up suffering silently in our heads when the people around us don’t.” I don’t know.
“What’s your favorite piece of evidence that you love the skin you’re in?”
“Let’s write some beautiful words in the comments below so we can see it and believe it.”
Malin ended the emotional caption with an emoji of two hands forming a heart.
Her nearly 700,000 followers flooded her comments with support and stories of their own as they praised her for her heartfelt post.
One wrote: “Our bodies are our temples, they carry us around and they hold our hearts in our chests ❤️.”
Another said: “I’ve had four children, my body is definitely different before and after but I wouldn’t change a thing! My body miraculously supported 4…FOUR other people’s lives!!!”
Candid: The former Love Island star, 31, wore a plum colored lace underwear set as the camera panned around her body as she stood in front of a mirror
Opening: She spoke about feeling pressured around alcohol and food over the Christmas period, while bravely speaking about her struggles with an eating disorder
“My body gave life!!!” Gives me life every day. How lucky I am!’
Another said: “I always thought that when I was slim. Now that I’m almost 50, I look back and would give anything to look like I did 10/15 years ago. And I wasn’t happy back then.”
“We forget so quickly what our bodies have been through.” We are pretty incredible people ❤️’
A final fan wrote: “You should be so proud of your body, I wish I could just be like that but with an 11lb baby it just won’t let me go.”
To which Malin replied: “11 pound baby (congratulations) but YOU carried her and gave birth to her, your body is magical❤️”
The influencer opened up about her struggles with eating disorders in the past, posting a photo of herself at the age of 18 when she weighed just 7 pounds.
She captioned the photo: “I stumbled upon this while looking through my old photos.” In this photo, I’m 18, weigh about 8lbs and haven’t eaten. That about sums it up right.
“As you can see, I am dead before my eyes, and the only joy I felt was my growling stomach, this control of shedding the pounds every day.”
Difficult times: “For those struggling with eating disorders, especially at this time of year when we should be having fun and making special memories, this can be damaging…”
Community: Malin’s nearly 700,000 followers flooded her comments with support and stories of their own while praising her for her honesty
“Those were the days when I wanted to start modeling and got lost in beauty pageants. These were also the days when Malin no longer existed and my soul did not shine.
“Look, I’ve talked about my eating disorders, laxative abuse, calorie counting, etc., but the binge eating was, in my opinion, the worst for me.” It was a vicious cycle of:
“Malin goes shopping, buys a lot of junk food, which she deprives herself of, secretly goes home to her bedroom, stuffs her face until she feels sick, then goes straight to the toilet to vomit it out of her body to remove.” .
“Malin then weighs himself to make sure everything is clear. Then she feels guilt, shame and a lack of awareness of the life around her.”
“Malin is depressed, goes to sleep hungry, wakes up and wants to do it all again.” This. Was. My. Life.’
In August this year, Malin was immediately hospitalized due to a flare-up of her irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
She said: “I developed irritable bowel syndrome as a teenager after struggling with my self-image and abusing laxatives to purge my body.”
“I remember waking up every day with terrible cramps and having to go to the bathroom just so I could look and feel thinner.”
Candid: Malin has previously spoken out about her six-year battle with an eating disorder in hopes of helping others with the same struggle realize their worth
“Back in the hospital”: Malin suffered from abdominal pain “so severe” that she had to go to the emergency room in August for irritable bowel syndrome
Malin has spent 2023 focusing on her health and “inner healing” after giving birth to her daughter Xaya in January 2022.
Their first daughter Consy was born seven weeks premature in December 2018 and was treated at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital, but unfortunately died on January 22, 2019.
Malin previously revealed on Instagram how brutally she was harassed after her weight loss.
The former Love Island star recalled that she has “never experienced anything like this” since changing her lifestyle.