Mum-of-three who lost eight stone shows off her ’empowering’ cellulite and scars

A MUM-OF-THREE is showing off her cellulite and stretch marks to promote body positivity.

Sarah Nicole Landry, from Ontario in Canada, lost eight stone and hopes to empower other women by sharing pictures of her stomach, bum and legs online.

Using her Instagram account, the 34-year-old wants to help others overcome body image issues like her.

By the age of 25, the social media consultant had given birth to three children, and her weight had reached 16st 1lbs by 2013.

But despite then losing eight stone, she admitted she felt even more insecure about how her body looked.

She started paying more attention to her appetite and ate whenever she was hungry, and decided to unveil to toll of carrying three large babies on her body.

As well as constantly reminding herself that her worth was not dictated by her physique nor appearance, she was eventually able to let ago of her hang-ups.

Sarah – who is mother to Maya 12, Jemma 10, and Boden eight – said: “Before I felt so alone in having cellulite on my butt and scars on my stomach, but no one was showing that on my newsfeed.

“I stopped following accounts that made me feel bad about myself and started looking at positive ones, it helped me to become less judgemental and changed my mindset.

“My body is this way for a reason, and that I didn’t have to keep perfecting it, being less than perfect was terrifying before but now it’s not.

“I feel a lot more confident about it now and remind myself that my body has nothing to do with my self-worth.

She continued: “There I was at 114lbs so ashamed of seeing myself in the mirror and struggling, I was also only happy with pictures being posted when I posted them.

“Now I remind myself I am just as worthy as anyone us, and we all have our own hang ups.

“I stopped looking at areas of my body negatively and honouring why they are there.

“One was the backs of my legs which have more pronounced cellulite and stretch marks, to my abs from carrying really large babies.

“When we show-up and show that it’s ok to have cellulite it opens the door for other women to see it’s ok too and for society to see that too.

“I don’t want to be at the end of my life worry about my stretch marks or cellulite, I don’t want to be held back anymore.”

During her weight loss journey, Sarah expected to feel more confident but instead found herself fixating on her body even more.

Now she has thrown out her scales and pays attention to how her body feels, using that as a guide to live her life by.

She said: “The scales were really hold me back from truly embracing my every day gave me a number of worth, when number was a little too high I felt bad.

“Now I don’t know what I weigh, I have an idea but I don’t surround my day or meals with thoughts about it, that somehow makes me happier.”

The mum began sharing revealing shots on Instagram to help other women accept their bodies.

Of her mission, she explained: “There was a fear that people would think I look disgusting.

“On the rare time I get those comments I laugh, as it’s a sad perspective for someone to have that thought about my body.

“I never thought I would be part of a body positive movement, but this has been a process of accepting my body and mental health.

“Celebrating body positivity shouldn’t be a one size fits all, not just plus size, thin, fit girls or others it should be for everyone.”

Her story comes a week after Jameela Jamil criticised Avon for “body shaming” women who have cellulite with their new cream.

Last month, mums took part in the #SensualSelfieChallenge which encouraged them to strip off and embrace their post-baby bodies.

And last week, three pageant winners showed that disability, size or age are no barriers to becoming a modern beauty queen.