Jelena Dokic MY AMAZING 45kg WEIGHT LOSS!
The former tennis star proudly debuts her incredible bikini body
‘I hope I can inspire and motivate you all’
Full of confidence after finally beating her demons and shedding the weight she piled on after retiring from the world tennis circuit, Jelena Dokic celebrated by showing off her new body.
Jelena, 36, was bombarded with compliments on social media after she posted a bikini shot of herself showing off her toned back during a romantic holiday in Croatia with her boyfriend of 16 years Tin Bikic on Instagram last week.
“I hope I can inspire and motivate you all,” Jelena said earlier this year, when she opened up about her weight
loss journey. “I was unhealthy and unfit but even more importantly I was so unhappy, with no confidence.”
The 2000 Wimbledon quarter finalist and former world No. 4 revealed her weight ballooned to 120kg after she retired from tennis in 2014 and became an “emotional eater” to combat depression, which left her so low at times she didn’t want to leave her home.
She became a Jenny Craig ambassador in January and credits the weight-loss giant with giving her the structure and support she needed to stick to her goal of reaching 66kg, the weight she was when she competed in Wimbledon in 2000.
Jelena has shared almost every aspect of her weight-loss journey on social media, posting images and videos on Instagram and putting herself out there to “brave the judgement, negativity and scrutiny” of being in the public eye, to inspire others.
“It’s not just about weight loss either but about having a healthy and balanced lifestyle and developing healthy but sustainable habits for the rest of your life,” she said.