Nem minden az, aminek látszik – ez pedig a közösségi média felületeire nagyon is érvényes. Többen is igyekeznek megmutatni, hogy amit Instagramon látunk, az egy jól beállított, profin filterezett álvalóság. A gond csak azzal van, hogy ezeket a machinált fotókat sokan valódiként értelmezik, igyekeznek magukat a képen szereplőkhöz igazítani, ami szinte lehetetlen, így csalódás a vége.

Being “Bikini ready”? Don’t let society pressure you into thinking you need to change your body in order to be happy. You don’t need to crash diet or start working out excessively just to look good for summer!!!!!!!! We constantly see filtered, flexed bikini bodies on Instagram. But in reality nobody walks around life posing and flexing all the time with a filter slapped on. I remember dreading being in a bikini because I thought I was being judged constantly because I kept telling myself negative thoughts, comparing my body to everyone else’s, wishing I had what they had, worrying about how my tummy looked naturally when I wasn’t flexing. You don’t need to look like anyone else or any type of way to be “worthy”. You are allowed to feel confident and cute at any size. No matter what your body looks like. Because your body does not define you. There is no one size fits all when it comes to beauty. We are all uniquely beautiful. You don’t need to change your body. Change the way you look at your body. ?☀️ —————————————— . . . #bikiniready #beautyisallaround #summerready #bekindtoyourself #positiveliving #beautystandards

A post shared by Sara Puhto (@saggysara) on May 30, 2018 at 7:09am PDT

A remek szögből, profi kamerával, szuper utómunkával születő képeket rengeteg munka előzi meg. Egy jól megkomponált insta-én képtárába nem kerülhet fel olyan fotó, ami nem tökéletes, mert akkor belekötnek, és oda a varázs. Rengeteg felhasználó igyekszik megmutatni, hogy mi rejlik az álca mögött. Az egyik ilyen Sara Puhto, aki a testünk iránti pozitív hozzáállást hangsúlyozza.

Changing the way you see yourself? I used to get so influenced by other people’s comments on my body, by comments and photos I saw all over media about other people’s bodies. It shaped the way I thought about what an “ideal body” was. Yet I never saw my body as “ideal”. There was always something I wanted to change about myself and thought if I changed that I would be happy. I thought my body was wrong and odd. I usually get told my stomach is too bloated looking. My stomach sticks out a lot, it’s just the way it is and I can’t change that. When I relax my body, my tummy just sticks out. Because of this I would always suck in my tummy and pose in certain ways to make it appear smaller. Some people will always have something negative to say, if I relax my body, many people say I’m fat. When I used to post fitness photos people would say I looked better before. When I was younger and didn’t gain weight easily, people would call me too skinny, or tell me to “go eat a burger”. We a have different shapes to our bodies. Just because someone’s body doesn’t look like yours doesn’t mean that it’s ugly or wrong. We keep seeing comments and hearing words that influence the way we see ourselves. They shape the words we say to ourselves and what we eventually believe and see ourselves as. We’re so used to focusing on negativity and letting it rule out all the positivity. We need to stop listening to these negative things. Start only focusing on the positive things, start believing the positive things you tell yourself and learn to love yourself the way you are now. Because even if you change something you don’t like, you’ll always find something else that you want to change. You don’t need to change yourself in any way. Change the way you talk to yourself and the way you view yourself. We are all different and can’t all look the same. There is no one “ideal body”. Your body is perfectly ideal the way it is no matter what anyone says or what the negative thoughts in your head tell you. ?☀️ —————————————— . . . #instagramvsreality #changethewayyouthink #focusonyourself #bodygoals #idealbody #powerofpositivity

A post shared by Sara Puhto (@saggysara) on May 7, 2018 at 7:06am PDT

A 21 éves blogger saját Insta-oldalára posztolja a kontrasztos képeit: egyik felén a valóság, a másikon az insta-valóság látszik. Az egyik ilyen posztjában leírja, hogy korábban ő is bedőlt a látszatnak, amelyet az influencerek közvetítenek (és sajnos, nem csak ők). Leírja, hogy senki feneke sem néz ki tökéletesen minden szögből, és ezért nem kell kétségbe esni, vagy rögtön extrém diétába és edzésbe fogni, hogy jól mutassunk a bikinis képeken.

Instagram vs real life ??? If I saw the photo on the left a year ago I would've instantly thought so negatively about my body, that all my hard work from working out was non existent, that if someone looked at me they would've never thought I've been working out for 2 years and think I wasn't trying hard enough. But the thing is is that all bodies look different. Nobody's booty looks round and peachy from all angles. Nobody's body looks the same from all angles. Don't eat less or miss out on your favorite meals/drinks or over exercise to "look good for a holiday" or to "look good in bikini photos" because there will always be angles that are "unflattering" that might make you feel bad when you see them. Instead workout and eat healthy because it makes you feel good, not as a punishment. Start loving and accepting your body at all angles with all your "flaws", instead of trying to fit into societies image of 'beauty' because that image isn't inclusive of all individuals, which is so messed up. Don't hate yourself just because of bad photos, they do not define you as a person. You look the best when you're living life to the fullest and happiest. There's no point in missing out on things and stressing yourself out so much. Life isn't meant to be a competition on who can look the best and we should normalize not having to "look perfect" all the time because it's a ridiculous concept. You are perfect the way you are ?☀️ —————————————— . . . #instagramvsreallife #beforeandafter #lawofattraction #bodypositive #bekindtoyourself #lifeisgreat #dowhatyoulove #veganbooty #youareenough #progressnotperfection #bodyimage #vegansofig #girlswhoworkout #selflove #youarebeautiful #veganfitness #loa #fitnessjourney #bopo #bodyacceptance #bodyconfidence #effyourbeautystandards #bepresent #justbe #moderation #balanceddiet #staypositive #thinkpositive

A post shared by Sara Puhto (@saggysara) on Jul 8, 2017 at 5:09am PDT

Arra buzdítja a követőit, hogy kezdjék el szeretni magukat, természetes kinézetüket, fogadják el a testüket minden szögből, a hibákat is, ahelyett, hogy a társadalom által elvárt szépségideáloknak igyekeznek megfelelni. Sara nem csak prédikál, hanem maga is így tesz: elfogadja önmagát, sőt, le is leplezi a kamu világot. Képeivel felhívja a figyelmet arra, hogy kérdőjelezzük meg mindig, amit a közösségi média felületein látunk, hiszen az csak nagyon ritkán a valódi valóság.

Body fat ? No matter how much you workout, no matter how much healthy food you eat, you will always have body fat. We are meant to have fat on our bodies. There is nothing wrong with it. There are thousands of search results and ads on how to lose tummy fat but not nearly as many on how to love your body and accept it as it is. These articles telling you normal things like tummy fat, cellulite, wrinkles are things you should be ashamed of, should hide, and get rid of. Making us obsessed with hiding and getting rid of them. Don’t live your life constantly hating the way you look or constantly wanting to change yourself just to “look good”. Thinking you’ll “look good” and “be happy” when you change yourself. There is so much more to life than constantly stressing about what other people think about your body. Don’t get brainwashed into thinking that its common to have no fat on your tummy and that abs are visible 24/7 if you “work out hard enough”. Don’t let yourself think that you’re not trying hard enough and that you have to keep trying harder. Don’t let food and working out control your every thought. It’s also not our job to police other people’s bodies. Healthy is different on everyone. Being happy with your body is possible no matter what shape or size. You are beautiful and worthy. You do not need to change yourself. ?☀️ —————————————— . . . #bodyfat #instagramvsreality #perfectlyimperfect #workoutmotivation #obsession #flaws

A post shared by Sara Puhto (@saggysara) on Jul 12, 2018 at 5:35am PDT

A probléma az, ha ezeknek a kamu ideáloknak igyekszünk megfelelni azzal, hogy extrém diétába és edzésbe kezdünk. Figyeljünk arra, hogy a közösségi médiából nem feltétlenül a valóság köszön vissza ránk, így nekünk sem kell ezekhez a sztenderdekhez igazodnunk; sőt, semmilyen sztenderdekhez. Étkezzünk egészségesen, mozogjunk rendszeresen, de csak úgy, hogy kényelmesen érezzük magunkat.