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"A Picture Tells More Than 1000 Words..." Does It?
There is this saying “a picture tells more than 1000 words” – this may be true in some cases, but when it comes to the topic “‘social media vs. reality” I can’t fully agree with it. I feel more like: “one single picture hides more than 1000 details” – you don’t see the whole reality.
With all the different filters, lightings and angles our reality gets deceived. Only with the right pose, you can already hide a lot of what you don’t feel like sharing on your social media account. Because of that, it is getting harder to tell, if a picture of a body we see, corresponds to reality.
With this post I want to bring a bit more reality and authenticity to social media, by showing you some details you don’t see.
![Full body picture Stefanie Grace](https://www.stefanie-grace.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/instagram-vs-reality-768x1024.jpg)
Some Insights and Details of My Body Which You Don't See on One Single Picture...
The picture above was taken in a great lighting, with a good camera. Afterwards I changed the contrast and the highlights. While the picture was taken, I exhaled, contracted my abs and of course, positioned my pants a little bit higher, to highlight my waist.
Here is my reality and insights of other angles and poses.
![The view over the body from above.](https://www.stefanie-grace.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/view-from-above-belly-ligaya.jpg)
...my view of my body from above
The image of the body is changing a lot, depending on the angle you look at it. (I used to hate looking down to body like this).
![Spare Tyres of Ligaya Stefanie Grace](https://www.stefanie-grace.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/spare-tyres-ligaya-reality.jpg)
...my spare tyres when I sit relaxed
When i sit relaxed on the ground, I'm not showing my abs, I'm showing my spare tyres (they have been with my all my life).
![Cellulite of Stefanie Grace](https://www.stefanie-grace.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cellulite-ligaya-reality-social-media.jpg)
...my cellulite on my thighs
You wouldn't see them, when I'm standing. But when I sit down and sqeeze my thights they pop up!
![Stretch marks on the butt of Stefanie Grace Ligaya](https://www.stefanie-grace.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/stretch-marks-ligaya-stefanie-grace.jpg)
...my stretch marks on my butt
A nice pattern on my skin (as my partner use to say) Kind of body art.
![Scars and bruses on the shins of Ligaya Stefanie Grace](https://www.stefanie-grace.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/scars-and-bruses-ligaya.jpg)
...my scars and bruses on my shins
The side effect of training jiu-jitsu, jumping around like a monkey the whole day and the habit of not being able to leave wounds like they are (I can't help myself, I really like to scratch).
Don’t let social media deceive your reality.
See YOUR Reality. Appreciate and Respect Your Body as It Is.
I had a time in my life, where I hated the reality as it is. I didn’t like my body at all. I edited every picture I took and deleted every picture, where I wasn’t happy about the reality. Due to my eating disorder I was struggleing with, I didn’t see myself the way others would see me. I was comparing myself with everyone else and everytime I did, I lost the competition. My body never was good enough..
I worked a lot on my mindset, with my body and my self image. With all the appreciation and all the gratitude I was cultivating towards my body – for everything it can accomplish – I cultivated respect and love towards my body.
Now I am able to see and feel the reality and actully like it. And of course there are days, on which I don’t feel 100 percent happy with my appereance, but I also always know why I feel this way – may it be because I had pizza the night before, may it be because I am bloated, because I have my period, or antything else – and this is Ok too, because I see and accept the reality, rather than deniying and hating it.
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