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Why This Fitness Influencer Will *Never* Recommend a Detox – Shape Magazine

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British fitness influencer Chessie King is known for her realistic views on health, fitness, and body positivity. What does that mean exactly? Well, you're never going to see her recommend doing a detox or completely cutting out a particular type of food from your diet to lose weightbecause who has time for that?! (This healthy eating pro has more to say on the old-school diet fads that need to go away.) While Chessie's 200K+ Instagram followers know and love her for her ability to talk candidly about how to love your body and work toward a goal at the same time, one of her recent posts showed that King has traveled a long road to get where she is now. (FYI, here's the truth about detox teas.)

3 different bikinis, 3 different weights, 3 different states of mind. Same height (just under 6ft/180cm) Body confidence comes from experience. Years of building up a relationship between your mind & your body. Years of learning what works for YOU. Do you hate working out? Do you hate eating 'healthy'? Do you give up on 'being good' after a week? Stop looking at exercising & eating well as a chore, stop telling yourself you 'have to'. You don't 'have to', you 'want to'. You WANT to feel good when now but more importantly, you want to feel good when you're 50. I've been through so much with my body, I've now found such a happy & caring friendship with it. I don't force myself to do ANYTHING, I have just learnt exactly what works for me. It's taken a while, but now it's something I'll have with me for life. The understanding & knowledge we have of our bodies is invaluable. STOP doing these 2 week no carbs, stop doing these 3 day 'detoxes'... START learning what your body needs, try different ways of training, moving & eating. Do it for YOU now & for the rest of your life

A post shared by C H E S S I E K I N G (@chessiekingg) on Jul 18, 2017 at 12:53pm PDT

"Three different bikinis, three different weights, three different states of mind," Chessie captioned a photo collage that shows her at three different weights. "I've been through so much with my body. I've now found such a happy and caring friendship with it. I don't force myself to do ANYTHING, I have just learned exactly what works for me," she continued.

For Chessie, the key to becoming comfortable and confident in her skin was to get as much information as possible about wellness. (Read: not dieting.) "The difference in getting to where I am now is experience and educating myself," she tells Shape exclusively. "I love learning about my body and the muscles I'm using when I work out. I also love knowing what food does to me."

More than anything, she says she uses her own journey as an opportunity to encourage others not to go to extremes to look a certain way or hit a specific number on the scale. "Stop doing these two-week[s of] no carbs, stop doing these three-day 'detoxes'... Start learning what your body needs," she wrote in the Instagram caption. "Try different ways of training, moving, and eating."

"I want to look good for summer" "I want my bikini body back" SURE... but whyyyyy don't you want to look good for winter too? For Father Christmas? How about FEELING good for life? FEELING like a superwoman the whole year round? Yes '8 week transformations' are amazing to get you going & if you're learning from them AMAZING... but if you just stop there after the 8 weeks, your body isn't going to stay like that forever AND you may have changed your body but not your mindset. I can change my body in 2 seconds, from the left photo to the right & in both, I feel good. I know I train consistently, I know I fuel myself well, I know it's okay to let my belly out when I'm sitting down next to the pool. SO... long term/life plan: Educate yourself, that doesn't mean doing a personal training course, that means learning about yourself, how to train & how to eat. Do your own research, your own body is your best friend, explore it Find a class you love & look forward to, find a PT that works you hard but looks after you, find a friend that gives you that little boost of motivation when you need it... find things that work for YOU! So tonight, do one thing for me & let your belly release, embrace it, give it a little jiggle

A post shared by C H E S S I E K I N G (@chessiekingg) on Aug 8, 2017 at 1:05pm PDT

In fact, King is a subscriber to the idea that any fitness or diet changes you make should be for life. In another recent post, she explained the drawbacks of the ever-popular fitness transformation and "bikini body" phenomenon. "Yes, 'eight week transformations' are amazing to get you going and if you're learning from them, AMAZING. But if you just stop there after the eight weeks, your body isn't going to stay like that forever and you may have changed your body, but not your mindset," she said in her caption. (Related:This Fitness Blogger Is Making an Important Point About How We Measure Weight Loss Success)

We've got to say, she has a point. Feeling comfortable with your body is important, but being healthy for the long haul? That definitely takes precedence.

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