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<p>We&#39;ve all seen <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/celebrities/luisa-zissman-before-and-after-baby-weight-loss/">&quot;before and after&quot; photos</a> on social media and in ads hawking weight loss products. These photos often promise the same thing: do this [diet/exercise/pill/cleanse/#fitspo trend/etc.] and you, too, can emerge like a slenderer butterfly from the caterpillar of your former body.</p><p>Society is <em>obsessed</em> with the idea of physical &quot;transformation.&quot; But 24-year-old body positive Instagrammer <a href="https://www.instagram.com/selfloveclubb/" target="_blank">Mille Smith</a> wants to blow the lid off this &quot;before and after&quot; racket. She posted two photos side-by-side, taken on the same exact day, to prove just how much of these visible &quot;transformations&quot; can be easily faked:</p><oembed>https://www.instagram.com/p/BVxa_67l7li/</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;Same girl, same day, same time,&quot; she wrote about the two different-seeming images of her body. In the caption, she explains how with a little help from camera angle and clothing, &quot;I can change my body into something that society would deem more acceptable.&quot;</p><p>She continued:</p><blockquote> <p>Recently insta was voted as the most damaging app to body image/self esteem. That&#39;s not ok.<br /> 〰<br /> The media constantly wants us to be more filtered, more posed, more flexed.<br /> Making us ashamed, afraid and resentful of our bodies, our natural vessel.<br /> 〰<br /> We compare ourselves to these images of posed, strategically taken photos.<br /> Comparing yourself is a thief of your joy/self love and even more so when you&#39;re comparing aesthetics to images that aren&#39;t reality.<br /> 〰<br /> Both these photos are beautiful .<br /> Both these photos are worthy.<br /> However only one of these photos is truly me, comfortable and naturally loving myself...<br /> 〰<br /> Get rid of accounts that make you feel negative, get rid of people in your life that don&#39;t make you feel happy, loved and beautiful.<br /> Don&#39;t let an all ruin your life.<br /> ???</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The photos clearly struck a chord on Instagram, as they&#39;ve wracked up nearly 9,000 likes since she posted them last week.</p><p>And yesterday, she posted another &quot;fake&quot; before/after series to drive the point home:</p><oembed>https://www.instagram.com/p/BWA-rqSF5bi/?taken-by=selfloveclubb</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;YOUR BODY CHANGES AS YOU MOVE,&quot; the UK-based blogger, who has <a href="https://www.someecards.com/life/health/milly-smith-body-positive-blogger/">shared similar photos in the past</a>, wrote in the caption. &quot;Literally just breathing in and out on this photo.&quot;</p><p>She continued:</p><blockquote> <p>Our bodies aren&#39;t a posed still frame, they are an ocean of never ending ripple and movements.<br /> .<br /> What you see online is manipulated to..<br /> ?Fit a mould<br /> ?To appear slimmer<br /> ?To appear more worthy<br /> (No part of your body makes you less worthy btw)<br /> .<br /> ITS NOT REAL! In fact 99% of images you see are total BS!!<br /> Edited.<br /> Filtered.<br /> Photoshopped.<br /> Posed.<br /> Sucked in.<br /> Angles.<br /> .<br /> ??STOP COMPARING AND START LIVING??<br /> .<br /> We are perfect as we are at every single angle!<br /> We are perfect in every pose.<br /> We are perfect whatever weight.<br /> We are perfect whatever shape.</p> </blockquote><p>CAN I GET AN AMEN?!</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="giphy-embed" frameborder="0" height="258" src="https://giphy.com/embed/3o7TKJ1tMHv6aKIyxW" width="480"></iframe> <p>Mille is not the only person to take on the &quot;before/after&quot; trend. Last year, <a href="https://www.someecards.com/life/health/model-before-after-weight-charli-howard-instagram/">this woman</a> went viral with her &quot;reverse&quot; before/after pics proving skinnier does not always equal healthier. And this body positive blogger <a href="https://www.someecards.com/life/health/blogger-before-after-photos-eating-disorder/">made a similar point</a> with her viral post showing her recovery from an eating disorder.</p> </div><p>In conclusion: a picture may be worth a &quot;thousand words&quot; but some of those words may be lies/good lighting. So, as Mille would say: &quot;STOP COMPARING AND START LIVING.&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Woman's same day 'transformation' proves 'before vs. after' photos can be easily faked.

We&#39;ve all seen &quot;before and after&quot; photos on social media and in ads hawking weight loss products. These photos often promise the same thing: do this [diet/exercise/pill/cleanse/#fitspo trend/etc.] and you, too, can emerge like a slenderer butterfly from the caterpillar of your former body.Society is obsessed with the idea of physical &quot;transformation.&quot; But 24-year-old body positive Instagrammer Mille Smith wants to blow the lid off this &quot;before and after&quot; racket. She posted two photos side-by-side, taken on the same exact day, to prove just how much of these visible &quot;transformations&quot; can be easily faked:https://www.instagram.com/p/BVxa_67l7li/&quot;Same girl, same day, same time,&quot; she wrote about the two different-seeming images of her body. In the caption, she explains how with a little help from camera angle and clothing, &quot;I can change my body into something that society would deem more acceptable.&quot;She continued: Recently insta was voted as the most damaging app to body image/self esteem. That&#39;s not ok. 〰 The media constantly wants us to be more filtered, more posed, more flexed. Making us ashamed, afraid and resentful of our bodies, our natural vessel. 〰 We compare ourselves to these images of posed, strategically taken photos. Comparing yourself is a thief of your joy/self love and even more so when you&#39;re comparing aesthetics to images that aren&#39;t reality. 〰 Both these photos are beautiful . Both these photos are worthy. However only one of these photos is truly me, comfortable and naturally loving myself... 〰 Get rid of accounts that make you feel negative, get rid of people in your life that don&#39;t make you feel happy, loved and beautiful. Don&#39;t let an all ruin your life. ??? The photos clearly struck a chord on Instagram, as they&#39;ve wracked up nearly 9,000 likes since she posted them last week.And yesterday, she posted another &quot;fake&quot; before/after series to drive the point home:https://www.instagram.com/p/BWA-rqSF5bi/?taken-by=selfloveclubb&quot;YOUR BODY CHANGES AS YOU MOVE,&quot; the UK-based blogger, who has shared similar photos in the past, wrote in the caption. &quot;Literally just breathing in and out on this photo.&quot;She continued: Our bodies aren&#39;t a posed still frame, they are an ocean of never ending ripple and movements. . What you see online is manipulated to.. ?Fit a mould ?To appear slimmer ?To appear more worthy (No part of your body makes you less worthy btw) . ITS NOT REAL! In fact 99% of images you see are total BS!! Edited. Filtered. Photoshopped. Posed. Sucked in. Angles. . ??STOP COMPARING AND START LIVING?? . We are perfect as we are at every single angle! We are perfect in every pose. We are perfect whatever weight. We are perfect whatever shape. CAN I GET AN AMEN?! Mille is not the only person to take on the &quot;before/after&quot; trend. Last year, this woman went viral with her &quot;reverse&quot; before/after pics proving skinnier does not always equal healthier. And this body positive blogger made a similar point with her viral post showing her recovery from an eating disorder. In conclusion: a picture may be worth a &quot;thousand words&quot; but some of those words may be lies/good lighting. So, as Mille would say: &quot;STOP COMPARING AND START LIVING.&quot;