Jacqueline Jossa 'has no desire to be skinny' as she shares reason to get fit
Jacqueline Jossa has spoken out embracing her curves and revealed the reason why she has embarked on a fitness regime despite not wanting to lose weight
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Jacqueline Jossa has shared the reason why she is looking to get fit and has insisted it is not to do with looking "skinny".
The 27-year-old former EastEnders actress has said that she is embracing her curves and that any fitness regime she undertakes will be "good for the brain" rather than wanting to have any drastic weightloss.
The current I'm A Celebrity Queen of the Jungle has been filling her Instagram feed with bikini and swimwear shots as she launches a new collection.
She has been praised by fans for not hiding her motherly curves in the sun-drenched snaps and the mum-of-two has vowed to "move more" in a bid to get fit.
While losing weight is not the primary goal for Jacqueline's new regime, she does admit that "she wouldn't mind it" if it happens.
Sharing her thoughts on social media, she explained: "I'm having those thoughts of I need to start doing a bit for me and I'm going to try and go for walks and maybe do some exercise.
"And no, before everyone pipes up it's not to necessarily lose weight, I wouldn't mind it but it is more just to know that you're doing something.
"Because work-wise I'm feeling really good, I'm busy I'm on the ball and I just want to maintain that and I feel like getting on the ball with it now, it's got to be done."
Jacqueline added: "Gotta start doing some fitness stuff, purely for the mind, not to get skinnaaaay!!
"Just need to make sure I keep active and for so good for the brain.
"Excited about that... cut to me tomorrow not doing anything about it but hey, this is my 11pm evening thought lol I'll check in with you tomorrow.
"Gonna get a fit bit or something too!"
The actress previously revealed that she is content at being her current size 12 and has shared two different angles of a bikini snap to show off her body, captioning it: "I’ve learnt to love both."
Writing to her followers, Jacqueline added: "You guys know me by now and I’m as normal as they come.
"I’m a working mum and a size 12 and I can’t walk around looking perfect all the time and I’ve accepted that’s completely fine.
"So this is just a little reminder to all us women that EVERY body is a bikini body and the perfect instagram pics we see isn’t always the reality, sometimes it’s just good lighting and good angles!"
The positivity surrounding the snaps and Jacqueline's honesty saw her follow it up, writing on her Instagram story: "Actually I'm really really glad I done it because it takes the edge off.
"Now I feel like if I get papped in a bad angle I don't really care or if unflattering photos of me go out I just don't care."
In an accompanying video, she went on to explain how she feels about the changes to her body.
Jacqueline continued: "Because I feel like you've got to take the narrative of your own story a little bit because the truth is I don't care that I'm not a model size 8. I did used to be and that was amazing too – I absolutely loved being a size 8.
"But I'm now a size 12, sometimes I'm a size 14 on the bottoms because I have big legs and a bum. But that's actually okay.
"I've never seen it as plus size and I didn't ask or want it to be a big push and force like that – but loads of plus size models or plus sized people are getting in touch and saying, 'This is amazing'.
"Actually it is amazing because everybody should feel comfortable in their own skin.
"It makes me really sad that there are people out there that think they can't post a picture in a bikini because they've got a few rolls or because it's a bigger size than somebody else's. It does just freak me out. "
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