Bridget Malcolm doesn't "give a f**k" about her weight gain

Writing on her official website in a piece titled 'My Road To Body Acceptance', she said: "I have gained weight. And I do not give a f**k about it.

"My life is so much more than my jean size. And every day when that voice in my head tries to tell me I am worthless, it gets a little easier to shut it down. I am setting myself free slowly."

The 26-year-old Australian star explained she was able to change her outlook and live her life without pressures from herself or other people.

She continued: "If body talk came up with friends, I shut it down and refused to engage. If I felt the need to look in a mirror, I read a book instead.

"When I was ordering food for dinner, I ordered what I wanted. And strangely enough--the need to gorge myself is slowly fading away. But most importantly, when I saw my body reflected back at me, I said nice things to myself. I chose to empower my self."

Rather than suggesting that she has found it difficult, Bridget explained how it was easier to try to fit to a certain image, and follow what she called "the ego path".

She added: "I looked at my life, and I realized through obsessing over my body I was selecting the easy path. I was choosing to focus on externality, and ignoring the larger picture. I was choosing the ego path."