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\"There were moments this year where I felt really ashamed of my body, (for example when I had to wear form fitting tennis clothes lol),\" she wrote. \"I was also constantly struggling with this overwhelming urge to 'snapback', seeing other mom's seemingly shrink immediately after having their baby was an expectation I began to put on myself.\"

\"That self comparison always hurt because I felt as an athlete I should be losing weight quicker than most, I was in the gym everyday so that thought didn't feel too unrealistic,\" she continued, adding that it was \"disheartening\" when the weight \"didn't disappear overnight.\"

Osaka said that getting her body to the point it is now was a \"journey, an adventure I know that I'm still embracing.\"

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PHOTO: Naomi Osaka of Japan talks to the press during Media Day ahead of the US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Aug. 24, 2024, in New York.
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\"All bodies are different and I appreciate mine for how it is,\" she said. \"My body has done so much for me and adapted so well to the tasks that I'm asking from it, I'm extremely grateful and thankful.\"

At the end of her post, Osaka wrote that the overall message she wanted to share was gratitude for her body.

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PHOTO: Naomi Osaka of Japan in action against Coco Gauff of the United States in the fourth round on Day 9 of the China Open at National Tennis Center, Oct. 1, 2024, in Beijing.
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\"While typing this I realized that if I had to title this post it would be super long and go like- 'thank you body for the journey over the past year, I'm excited to learn more about what you're capable of in the years to come ❤️,'\" she said.

Osaka welcomed her daughter Shai in July 2023. Since then, the tennis star has been open about her postpartum journey, telling Glamour in January that it was hard recovering after childbirth.

She also spoke candidly of her worries about being \"a good mom.\"

\"I often worry about if I'm a good mom, but at the end of the day, I realize Shai is my daughter,\" she said at the time. \"There's nothing I could do or I want to do that's going to change that, and I just want to be a good role model for her, and I want her to be proud of me.\"

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