As part of the desperate routine I’d participated in many times before, I unfollowed all the ‘hot bod’ accounts on Instagram and vowed that I would begin my fitness journey ‘on Monday’.

When that Monday morning finally came round, I managed 20 minutes cycling at a modest to slow speed on my £10 Facebook Marketplace exercise bike while parked in front of Erin Brockovich. That evening, after seeing a reality star’s Instagram feed (which had slipped the unfollowing net), I cried at her apparent success and amazing body.

Dr Josephine Perry, sports psychologist and author of The 10 Pillars of Success, told Stylist: “Media has a part to play in how we all link our own fitness and body image, and those aged around 30 have grown up with social media having an impact on their lives.

“As our own media feeds are so unique, it’s important to remember that you have control over those feeds and what you see, and remove people if they feel toxic, your heart sinks when you see their posts or they prompt you to negatively change your behaviour (exercising too much, eating too little). We need to do regular social media audits to cleanse our feeds of all those harming our own body image.”

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