‘No I’m not expecting!’: Love Island’s Alexandra Cane shows off her ‘stressed tum’ as she reveals her bloated stomach has been triggered by ‘anxiety and worry’
Alexandra Cane candidly shared a photo of her bloated stomach on Instagram on Tuesday night.
The Love Island star, 29, joked she wasn’t ‘expecting a bubba’ but that her stomach had become painful and swollen from ‘anxiety and worry’.
In the snap, Alexandra showed off her slender figure as she posed in a white ribbed crop top and shorts, while urging her followers to be compassionate towards their bodies.
‘Hi from me & my stressed lil tum tum’: Alexandra Cane candidly shared a photo of her bloated stomach on Instagram on Tuesday night
Alexandra wrote: ‘Hi from me & my stressed lil tum tum. I promise to love, honour, respect & nourish you in the best way that I can through this time. I understand that it is going through an inflammatory response due to stress, anxiety & worry, but whatever you need, I will provide.
‘(Plus I think you look kinda cute even if you are painful as hell) & no I’m not expecting a bubba. I accept you & love you in every way you present yourself.
‘You are perfect as you are & to those reading this, so are you. Whatever your body needs to get through these weird times, just honour it. Show it compassion. Give it alllll the love it deserves.
‘Tell your belly how much you love it!’: The Love Island star, 29, joked she wasn’t ‘expecting a bubba’ but her stomach had become painful and swollen from ‘anxiety and worry’
It comes after Alexandra welled up with tears in an emotional social media video on Monday as she candidly discussed coping with grief.
The former Love Island star declared that she ‘holds the power to heal,’ and ‘will get through this’, as she shared words of encouragement with her followers who are also struggling with loss.
She looked past her camera lens before closing her eyes in the poignant clip, but didn’t specify what experience had caused her heartache.
Her social media followers flooded her Instagram with heart emojis and messages of support.
Being honest: It comes after Alexandra welled up with tears in an emotional social media video on Monday as she candidly discussed coping with grief
Moving: The former Love Island star declared that she ‘holds the power to heal,’ and ‘will get through this’, as she shared words of encouragement with her followers
One fan wrote: ‘Hope you’re okay beaut! Sending you so much love and light,’ while a second follower penned: ‘Sending you strength ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️’.
A third Instagram user responded: ‘♥️♥️ Hugs xx’. (sic)
The reality star shared another eye-opening post last week as she revealed that she dipped to a ‘dangerously low’ weight last summer while focusing obsessively on dieting and working out.
The former Love Islander disclosed she learned the hard way that ‘being slim doesn’t equate to happiness’ as she pursued a more slender frame amid a storm of personal problems.
Responding to a fan who said their plan for 2021 was to ‘get slim and love [themselves]’, Alexandra confessed that simply being slim wasn’t enough for her.
Sharing side-by-side snaps of herself wearing bikinis, she wrote: ‘I got to a dangerously low weight during the middle of 2020 because of personal stresses/lockdown etc (right).
‘It’s important for me to share this because I don’t want anyone to feel pressured to look this way.
‘The picture on the left was when I felt my strongest/most confident (beginning of the year after launching my fitness plan). I had never felt so good about myself.
She added: ‘It’s hard for me to share this but I feel I have a duty as I want you to see that the girl on the right was terribly sad & not nourishing her body.
‘I was hurting myself. I was dealing with trauma & just trying to control some aspect of my life which at the time was food and exercise.’
Low: Alexandra shared another eye-opening post last week as she revealed that she dipped to a ‘dangerously low’ weight last summer while focusing obsessively on dieting and working out