Former Bachelorette Rachel Recchia is reflecting on present process current bodily and emotional modifications.
In an Instagram Q&A on Tuesday, July 29, Recchia, 29, replied to a consumer who requested what her “weight reduction routine” is.
“I wish to handle this as a result of the feedback I've acquired are a reminder of how little we regularly find out about what somebody is de facto going by,” she wrote. “Everybody has seen a really small a part of my life by a lens. I'm continuously in comparison with a model of myself from a short while when, honestly, I used to be actually struggling.”
She continued, “Towards the tip of final yr, I additionally confronted well being points that impacted my physique in methods I couldn't management. Immediately I'm in a more healthy place, each bodily and emotionally. That is the final time I'll converse on it, love you all.”
Bachelor Nation met Recchia when she vied for the affections of Clayton Echard on season 26 of The Bachelor in 2022. Recchia was later named colead of The Bachelorette season 19 alongside Gabby Windey, the place Recchia accepted a proposal from Tino Franco. The pair referred to as off their engagement after Franco admitted he kissed one other woman. She went on to seem on Bachelor in Paradise season 9, however ended the present single.
Earlier than the spinoff present aired, Recchia revealed that she underwent a breast discount and was “completely calm” the morning of the surgical procedure.
“I made my first appointment to search out out extra about breast discount surgical procedure after I was 17 years previous. Ten years and a Bachelorette starring position later, on the age of 27, I lastly did it,” Recchia wrote for Immediately on the time. “I used to be prepared. I had waited years for this. And the second I opened my eyes and received off the desk, I knew my life had modified — for the higher. My physique felt totally different. Lighter. For the primary time in over a decade, I didn't have again ache (and I haven't since).”
Recchia famous that her expertise on the truth TV present made her need to get the process really feel “extra pressing.”
“Having the ability to get this life-altering surgical procedure was a privilege,” she wrote. “I made a decision to submit about my journey on social media as a result of, rising up, I by no means heard anybody discuss this process, and I felt so defeated by my physique. Nonetheless, I used to be scared to hit submit, pondering individuals would drag me for getting work completed.”
Recchia continued, “I've all the time been clear concerning the different beauty work I've completed, like fillers and Botox. That is no totally different. I'm supportive of ladies who wish to change one thing to make themselves glad, even when it is just aesthetic. If it improves your life and well-being and happiness, I'm one hundred pc behind that.”
Recchia is about to seem alongside Echard on season 3 of Good Match, with the primary six episodes premiering on Netflix August 1. The remaining episodes will drop weekly by the August 15 finale.
