Recent Married At First Sight star Sara Mesa has taken to Instagram with a candid confession about her past struggles with body dysmorphia.
Sara is now a nutrition and fitness coach, however, she has revealed that her lifestyle wasn’t always the way it is now…
“A few years back I was in a very restrictive mindset. I was very obsessive with counting calories and I would be constantly dieting just to get to a better physique,” Sara began.
“I was always trying to improve and look a certain way and I had extreme body dysmorphia and I did not think I looked the way that I looked.
“I would say ‘no’ to so many things, I stopped drinking for a long period of time. I became a shell of myself. I became a different person all to look a certain way.”
Sara added that she would say no to pastries, drinking, and even nights out and found herself staying in most nights. She shared that her experience with extreme dieting was a “stressful time in [her]life.”
“I ended up losing my hair and having extreme hormonal acne and going through a depressive state,” she divulged, further revealing that she struggled with binge eating at this time.
“When all of this stuff started happening to me I would beat myself up and emotionally eat and it was an outer body experience.
“I was never ever content with the way that I looked.”
Thankfully, Sara has now recovered and found her balance in lifestyles and is eager to help other women who are experiencing similar struggles, overcome their troubles.
Sara Mesa now
Sara recently unveiled a brand new look that is a stark difference from her time in the experiment.
Taking to Instagram, the 29-year-old shared a photo with new brown extensions, complete with curtain bangs, in place of the short blonde hairstyle that MAFS viewers were accustomed to seeing on screen.
“I did it ??♀️,” Sara captioned the image.
With her Instagram comments turned off, there is no telling what her followers made of the new look.
It comes two weeks after her MAFS bestie Lauren Dunn also debuted a new hairstyle, swapping her blonde hair for brunette locks.
And these two are just the latest of many MAFS transformations, more on that here.
Sara was considered one of the more contentious brides on this season of MAFS after she was caught messaging her ex-boyfriend during the experiment.
Despite the drama, she made it to final vows with her groom Tim Calwell, 31, where they both committed to the relationship.
While they entered the reunion as a united front, the couple had yet another blow up after ‘villain’ Jonathan McCullough, 39, revealed that Tim was previously unsure about Sara.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Sara confirmed to Nine that she and Tim broke up a month after the reunion.
“We didn’t speak for a little while after, it was hard for us both but a few months down the track we started talking again,” the 29-year-old said.
“We’re definitely friends now, we are very amicable. It’s been good to be on good terms because we went through this crazy ride together.”
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