Esta chica revela la verdad de las fotos “fitness” de Instagram (y nos deja sin palabras)

Todas hemos visto las clásicas fotos del “antes y después” en Instagram, comerciales, revistas, etc. El problema es que casi nunca nos ponemos a pensar en la veracidad de estas imágenes y nos dejamos llevar por lo que vemos en ellas. Porque más allá del Photoshop y el retoque digital, existen formas de engañar al objetivo y hacer creer que existe un cambio drástico entre las imágenes.

Jess es una chica de Orlando, que tiene una cuenta de fitness de Instagram en la que describe sus progresos día a día y muestra sus sesiones de workout, por ello, su popularidad ha crecido de manera exponencial hasta el punto de llegar a los casi 150 mil seguidores.

Can I just gush for a second about how amazing you guys are?!? The comments you all have left for one another on my giveaway post have truly warmed my heart and left me teary eyed!!! Such sweet and wonderful things you all are saying ☺️? You can continue entering until Sunday! Today I’m not doing arm day. I’m going to do the 600 ab challenge, some extra leg work, and push-up practice ? Ready to get my sweat on!! ??

A photo posted by Jess: My Fitness Journal (@plankingforpizza) on Feb 10, 2016 at 3:43pm PST

Con el riesgo de perder fans pero con el ánimo de ser sincera, la joven publicó una fotografía en la que muestra lo engañosa que puede ser una imagen, únicamente cambiando la postura de su cuerpo y la forma en la que se coloca el traje de baño.

? This is not a transformation photo ? This week I’ve decided to do the 30 second transformation photo. These pics were taken second apart this morning. On the left my posture is poor, I’m pushing my belly out as far as possible, I adjusted my bottoms to show my gross, unsightly and horrid love handles. These are often concealed by my high waisted pants and bottoms that do fit so much better now. As much as it pains me to showcase these, it also proves that my body isn’t perfect and that I still have work to do and fat to lose (I’m working so hard to get rid of my love handles and lower tummy fat. Yes it has dramatically reduced already but it still exists and I’m still insecure about it). On the right I’m standing straight and comfortably. I’m lightly flexing and I’ve adjusted my bottoms to hide my love handles. I’m thankful for bikini bottoms that now fit well and hide these but I’m also trying to show that they still exist quite a bit and that not everything we see meets the eye here on social media. You can show you best angles and hide your flaws but at the end of the day what we chose to showcase is a reflection of ourselves. My body isn’t perfect. I still have imperfections and flaws that I’m slowly learning to be comfortable with. I want to be real and honest and open. Yes I’ve accomplished a lot, but yes my body still has less than ideal days when it doesn’t look its best. Fitness and health is not a fix. It’s not a destination. It’s a lifestyle. If you force your progress you know who you are cheating?! You. You only cheat you. Yes I like to show my best most of the time but I’ve also realized by not showing my worst that it only harms myself. Being vulnerable and imperfect is hard but lying to yourself is worse. I know I’m hard on myself, it’s a flaw on its own, but I’m slowly learning to be gentle and kind but it starts with being truthful to myself and knowing and understanding my imperfections and realizing that, although they exist, they don’t define me. I am not a before picture. I am not an after picture. I am not fat nor am I perfect. I’m flawed. I’m scarred. I’m insecure. But I’m learning and I’m hopeful that one day I’ll fully love me ? A photo posted by Jess: My Fitness Journal (@plankingforpizza) on Feb 9, 2016 at 7:03am PST

En ella escribió “yo no soy una fotografía de antes, yo no soy una fotografía de después, no soy perfecta, estoy asustada, soy insegura, pero estoy aprendiendo y tengo esperanza de que algún día me ame completamente a mí misma”.

Aplaudimos la valentía de Jess al aceptar su propio cuerpo porque es una acción que la mayoría de nosotras deberíamos imitar.

Foto: Instagram @plankingforpizza

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