‘I hid my thighs for years – however now I’m free flaunting my wobbly wibbles’
A physique constructive influencer admitted she used to ‘conceal’ her thighs however now unashamedly flaunts her ‘wobbly wibbles’.
Danae Mercer Ricci, 36, from the US, usually posts self-love content material to her spectacular fanbase of two.2million Instagram followers. The mum-of-one repeatedly snaps photographs of her cellulite and stomach rolls to ‘normalise’ the options of the feminine physique.
But, she wasn’t at all times so assured together with her appears. Danae, who now lives in Italy, revealed she used to cover her thighs for years and felt “shame” due to them.
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Although, since practising self-love, the mum is joyful to be “truly seen”. She posted some facet by facet snaps, one the place Danae posed and the opposite the place she stood extra relaxed in a pair of health club leggings that accentuated her thighs.
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“Letting yourself be TRULY seen is one of the most beautiful things out there,” Danae wrote in a prolonged caption. “For years, I HID my thighs. I’d choose skirts over shorts. I’d sit down at the beach to shimmy out of my jeans.
“I’d cowl my legs with a towel strolling to the pool. I felt such SHAME round them, and I used to be sure everybody else seen them the identical approach.”
The influencer then offered some reassurance to her followers, she said: “If this sounds such as you, Know this: Over 80% of ladies have cellulite. Stretch marks are a standard signal of and alter. Skin strikes. And our bodies change.
“And ALL of you is WORTHY of being seen.”
(Image: @danaemercer/Instagram)
Danae continued: “It’s ok if you’re not ready to post your wobbly wibbles on Instagram. It’s ok if you still pick long sleeves over short. It’s ok if you’re learning self love – I am too.
“But possibly right this moment, or tomorrow. You can lean a bit extra into what REALLY feels such as you. Without disgrace. Without criticism. But as a substitute with delicate respect for all of your actual, uncooked, human complexities.
“You can look at yourself in the mirror, and feel seen, by the one person whose opinion matters most of all. You’ve got this. Posed or relaxed or any way at all.”
(Image: @danaemercer/Instagram)
Inspired by Danae, many followers fled to the feedback to share their experiences concerning physique picture and praised the influencer for her positivity.
“I feel the same and then I think how in love people were with Marilyn Monroe’s body and I think we are getting this all wrong,” one particular person commented.
Another person added: “My teenage daughter and I get so much positivity out of your feed. We recommend it to all the women we know. We have both improved our body image because of your messages.”
While a 3rd voiced: “Yes yes yes to letting ourselves be truly seen.” Someone else shared: “Same. It’s always been the thighs for me.”
Meanwhile, a fifth gushed: “You have become one of my biggest role models. You encourage me to love my body and rejoice in her being healthy. Thank you.”