‘My tummy does not look flat from all angles – social media does not present actuality’

Social media is not all the time because it appears – and one influencer is proving it.

Liv, AKA Liv Livin Life to her 150,000 Instagram followers, is thought for sharing health recommendation on-line. Recently she centered her consideration on exposing the fact behind folks’s “perfect” snaps.

She shared two photographs side-by-side that confirmed what her physique appears to be like like from completely different angles. As effectively as this, she additionally revealed how completely different her physique can look when she’s posing.

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When she posed for the photographs she wore a beautiful, inexperienced health club set that allowed her to point out off her tummy. She additionally confirmed how completely different her physique can look from a front-on and aspect view.

This is as a result of standing a sure manner can alter how skinny your physique appears to be like, very similar to posing can. As she turned to the aspect and relaxed, her tummy seemed quite a bit fuller, and you can see her pure form.

Liv instructed her followers she wasn’t bloated – that is simply how her physique can look when she breathes. We simply do not usually get to see these moments as we scroll via folks’s social media.

Writing on Instagram, Liv stated: “Growing up, I used to think a ‘flat stomach’ was something many girls had 24/7, and so I restricted myself to try and achieve it. Magazines, even on cereal packs (lol Special K shout out), scrolling Tumblr, Instagram, Tik Tok, I used to constantly question WHY my stomach didn’t look like the photos I was seeing.

“And no surprise WHY I believed I ought to appear like that because it grew to become so normalised round us! But the reality is, most girls don’t have that the entire time.

“I’m not even bloated here, literally just breathing, and I want to remind you that what you are seeing online is literally a millisecond snapshot of that person’s entire day. From the first photo, I think you’d jump to the conclusion my stomach to be completely ‘flat’ from the side, but it’s NOT.

“Our our bodies fluctuate from day after day and as a substitute of proscribing it to attempt for a very unobtainable objective of wanting like an influencer’s one second edited snapshot in your each day physique, be taught to make peace and love the physique that you’re in. It permits you to breath, perform, make reminiscences, elevate weights, run, stroll and a lot extra!

“So next time you start to question ‘why’ your stomach isn’t as flat like the photo you just scrolled across, come back to this.”

Since Liv shared the sincere put up, greater than 7,000 folks have favored it. Her followers had been additionally fast to remark, and inform her how a lot they admire her genuine content material.

Her followers thanked her for opening folks’s eyes and shedding gentle on the subject of physique picture in a optimistic manner.

One particular person stated: “Content like this is so needed.” Another wrote: “It’s always relieving to see your content. Good to feel human.”

A 3rd replied: “Thank you so, so much. Needed this this morning.” Meanwhile, a fourth commented: “Thank you!!! Something I still struggle with, but posts like this really really help.”

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