Kayla Itsines has opened up about her recent personal struggles following the devastating loss of her mother-in-law.
Kayla, 32, shared a candid insight into the emotional toll she has been experiencing following the tragic death of her husband Jae Woodroffe’s mother Jenny.
Sharing a video on Instagram on Saturday, Kayla explained her absence from social media and reduced motivation while opening up about her battle with pain.
The fitness influencer explained that it has been a “really difficult” time for her and Jae, and said that it is the first time she has lost someone close to her.
She shared, “I went for a walk today, I worked out today, I ate really well and I realized that it was the first day in a long time that I had done all the things because I had no motivation to do them.” Literally anything because I have been incredibly sad since losing my mother-in-law.
Kayla Itsines has opened up about her recent personal struggles following the devastating loss of her mother-in-law.
Kayla photographed with her husband, Jae, left, and mother-in-law, second left, on their wedding day.
‘And I’m sad for me, I’m sad for Jae. I’m sad and it’s been really hard because I’ve never lost anyone before and it’s taken a strange toll on my body and the fact that I just don’t want to do anything because I feel like everything is pointless.’
Despite her pain, Kayla went on to explain how exercise has helped her overcome her pain amid this difficult period.
Reflecting on a moment of decision, she said: “Before I was sitting on the couch and I thought, ‘Get up, do something, if you don’t do something now, you’ll never do anything because you’re so sad and exercise will make you feel better.’
Motivated by this realization, Kayla reopened her fitness app and chose an exercise that rekindled her passion for fitness: week five high-intensity strength training.
‘Don’t ask me why week five. “I just knew I love that week because I’ve done that show so many times and it reset my whole brain again,” she added.
Sharing a video on Instagram on Saturday, Kayla explained her absence from social media and reduced motivation while opening up about her battle with pain.
Kayla, 32, shared a candid insight into the emotional toll she has been experiencing following the tragic death of her husband Jae Woodroffe’s mother, Jenny.
In February, Kayla confirmed in an Instagram post that Jae’s mother, Jenny, had tragically lost her battle with cancer.
At the time, she shared a gallery of gorgeous photos along with some heartwarming words as she shared the sad news.
‘Rest in peace my beautiful and perfect mother-in-law. I’ve spent my entire life without an idol… Then I met you. Never in my life have I wanted to learn so much from someone so quickly,” she began.
‘We all love you very much. You are an absolute angel, a rock, a perfect human being. Forever our angel.’
Jae also broke hearts by paying tribute to his beloved mother on his Instagram page at the time.
The fitness influencer explained that it has been a “really difficult” time for her and Jae, whom she married in December.
‘I have always been afraid of two things in life. The loss of my mother and death in general,” she began.
‘The thought of these two things would send me into a downward spiral so deep that I hated it… So what did I do? I ignored it.’
‘After my father passed away when I was younger, I chose from that day on to stay away from death…no funerals, no talking about it…nothing.
‘After the last week, I can confidently say that I am no longer afraid. I can say with certainty that I truly witnessed something so magical, so out of this world… you had to be there to believe it.
Meanwhile, Kayla recently moved to the Gold Coast with her husband Jae, with whom she shares a son, Jax. She also has a daughter, Arna, with her ex-fiancé Tobi Pearce.
‘As I lay with my sister, on either side of my mother… we watched as she peacefully breathed her last. I watched as the lights started to flicker in the room, the curtains opened, and I really felt like my dad, grandma, and grandpa were gently taking her away. I have never felt so sad but so at peace and so happy with that perfect moment.
‘My mother was my best friend, my over-the-top wife, my everything and she meant everything to me. Words can’t even begin to describe how empty my heart feels in one sense, and yet somehow it’s filled with something else: a true belief that my mother is somewhere beautiful… and that’s for It means everything to me.’
‘I love you mom, my angel. I know you are always with me,’ she concluded.