Fitness queen Ashy Bines mopes about the 'really draining' part of her Instagram fame and says 'it takes hours and hours' to reply to fans
- The 30-year-old spent the last ten years building her fitness empire from scratch
- She has amassed more than 4.5million followers on Instagram and Facebook
- The mother-of-one used to take the time to respond to all direct messages
- She received abusive messages and gave the task to her customer service team
Fitness guru Ashy Bines says responding to messages from her fans is one of the 'really draining' parts of being an Instagram star.
The 30-year-old, from the Gold Coast in Queensland, shot to fame on social media as a result of her Bikini Body Challenge exercise program.
She continued building her fitness empire on social media for ten years and has amassed more than 4.5million followers on Instagram and Facebook.
The mother-of-one used to take the time to personally respond to all direct messages from her social media fans.
But over the weekend, Ms Bines used a lengthy Instagram story to 'get something off her chest' and announced she would be palming the task off to her customer service team.
Fitness influencer Ashy Bines has revealed that responding to messages from her fans is one of the 'really draining' parts of being an Instagram star
The health guru, from the Gold Coast in Queensland, shot to fame on social media as a result of her Bikini Body Challenge exercise program
'There is honestly just too many [messages] for me to keep up with and not feel drained,' she wrote, according to news.com.au.
'Hundreds a day. It can take up hours of my time. This week I've just realised I can't keep doing it all.'
While most messages come from people with genuine comments and questions, Ms Bines also gets abuse and threats from trolls.
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She explained the abusive messages effect her mental health and fears her four-year-old son Taj may notice.
'I needed to make a choice to step away so it doesn't effect my energy especially for my gorgeous little man Taj, which two days this week it did and it feels awful and unfair that these horrible msgs really upset me enough for him to see and feel that.'
Fitness influencer Ashy Bines is pictured with her husband, Steve Evans, and son, Taj, at the beach
She explained the abusive messages on social media effect her mental health and fears her four-year-old son Taj (pictured) may notice
Ms Bines said she would focus her extra energy on creating more content for her fitness programs.
It comes two years after the fitness queen broke down in tears on social media after her Instagram account was hacked.
She was locked out of her profile and unable to respond to any direct messages from her fans.
Taking to her Snapchat story, a tearful Ashy alerted her fans not to respond to any direct messages after she lost control over her account.
'Good afternoon everyone, sorry I've been crying... My Instagram profile has been hacked,' Ashy said.
'I just wanted to let you guys know in case they reply to any of my [direct messages] or sent anything out that's not me.'
It comes two years after the fitness queen broke down in tears on social media after her Instagram account was hacked
A tearful Ashy alerted her fans not to respond to any direct messages after her Instagram account was hacked
'I really wouldn't care if I had to start again on Instagram but I just want all of my photos so I really hope the person that is doing this doesn't go and delete all the photos.'
But hours later, the mother-of-one confirmed on her Instagram story that her husband managed to save all the content after he retrieved her account.
'Thank goodness. I totally understand there's so much more worse things that could happen to you and what's going on in the world.'
She said the Insatgram account was where she documented her 'best memories' over the past eight years.
'Just overall, I feel like I have put a lot of time, effort, energy and love and I've connected with so many of you girls and that means a lot to me.'
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