Former Love Island contestant Shaughna Phillips has opened up about her difficult relationship with food, revealing that she's been on a diet ever since she was 14 years old.
Shaughna, 28, bravely revealed that from when her father Eddie sadly passed away in 2016 from cancer, Shaughna believed that food was her 'obsession' and found it very difficult to get out of unhealthy habits.
Talking with New magazine she said: 'From a very young age I was taught that food is the enemy." When she appeared on reality TV show Love island she reveals that she had gained around a stone, and gained a stone during the coronavirus lockdown.
Shaughna also reveals how she got to a point where she realised she was 'too skinny' and realised that it wasn't what she actually wanted and was very unhappy.
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She also told New about her relationship with her body whilst on ITV's Love Island : "I definitely had body dysmorphia on the show. I was so insecure". She reveals that on reflection she was "absolutely fine" and had no reason to worry.
Her mindset has now completely turned around and her relationship with exercise and food have improved, overall creating a more positive relationship with her body.
She launched her very own wellness app in March called 'Be You With Shaughna', which encourages to imrpove yourself in three different phases; Be Fit, Be Healthy and Be Strong'.
Shaughna wants to encourage people to be "putting the fun back into working out", whilst also improving peoples mindsets as well as their bodies as they affect each other.
She gives some inspirational advice for people in similar positions and wanting to change: "People don't realise you need to train your mind as much as you need to train your body. I think that's something there's a huge gap for in the market."
Shaughna now makes it her mission to use her app to encourage people who have felt the same or in similar positions to her.
