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A body positivity blogger has taken the trend for before-and-after body transformation pictures and turned it on its head.

Milly Smith, who documents her journey with her body through her Instagram account selfloveclubb, posted two images of herself in a pair of tights. In the first, the tights are pulled up high around her waist, whilst in the second, they rest just under her stomach.

In the caption for the post, Milly explained that although she may appear to look different, the two pictures were taken just minutes apart - highlighting the often deceptive nature of posed photos on social media, when compared with relaxed images of the same person.

'Same girl, same day, same time,' she wrote. 'Not a before and after. Not a weight loss transformation. Not a diet company promotion.'

'I am comfortable with my body in both. Neither is more or less worthy. Neither makes me more or less of a human being. Neither invites degrading comments and neither invites sleezy words.'

Same girl, same day, same time. 💛 Not a before and after. Not a weight loss transformation. Not a diet company promotion. 💛 I am comfortable with my body in both. Neither is more or less worthy. Neither makes me more or less of a human being. Neither invites degrading comments and neither invites sleezy words. 💛 We are so blinded to what a real unposed body looks like and blinded to what beauty is that people would find me less attractive within a 5 second pose switch! How insanely ridiculous is that!? 💛 I love taking these, it helps my mind so much with body dysmorphia and helps me rationalise my negative thoughts. 💛 Don't compare, just live for you. There is no one on this planet who's like you and that's pretty damn amazing don't ya think. The world doesn't need another copy, it needs you. 💛 We are worthy, valid and powerful beyond measure 💙🌟 (If you don't pull your tights up as high as possible are you really human?)

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She adds that she wanted to draw attention to the fact that so many of the pictures we're presented with are altered or structured to only present a certain type of body or pose.

'We are so blinded to what a real unposed body looks like and blinded to what beauty is that people would find me less attractive within a 5 second pose switch! How insanely ridiculous is that!?'

'I love taking these, it helps my mind so much with body dysmorphia and helps me rationalise my negative thoughts.'

Milly ended her post with advice for anyone who might be struggling with their own self-image.

'Don't compare, just live for you,' she said. 'There is no one on this planet who's like you and that's pretty damn amazing don't ya think. The world doesn't need another copy, it needs you. We are worthy, valid and powerful beyond measure.'

YOU DONT👏🏾HAVE TO👏🏻 SHARE 👏🏽 UNDRESSED 👏🏻 PHOTOS 👏🏾 TO BE 👏🏿 BOPO! . Bopo is about encouraging and adopting a more forgiving, accepting approach to yourself and your body. Learning to love yourself inside out! It can be as personal or as socially shared as you like. . 💙 Building your self esteem through accepting your body and image doesn't have to mean sharing skin online. I do! And for many others it's empowering and helpful but if it's not for you then THATS OKAY 🙏🏻 . 💙 Whilst I think it is of great importance to build a relationship with your naked self and to realise it's nothing to be ashamed of- it's perfectly okay to not be comfortable with sharing that online; after all it's YOUR body and YOUR journey. . 💙 Do what empowers you, support what empowers others! Do what feels right for you and your body-whilst pushing yourself out of your comfort zone is very important it's also important to not feel forced or pressured into doing something you ultimately don't want to do! . 💙 Your journey is as unique as your body. Let it be that way. Don't compare someone else's journey or photos to yours- let yourself find what's best for you. We are worthy, valid and powerful beyond measure 💙

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