An Australian personal trainer has shunned the use of transformation pictures to show bodily changes because they can be taken seconds apart, as evidenced by her latest upload to Instagram.

Madalin Giorgetta, who lives in PerthinWestern Australia, gained 865,000 Instagram followers by posting her own transformation images to social media, but now recognises this is not a show of empowerment.

She has also noticed thinner people trying normalise body rolls and cellulite in their photos, saying that its not fair on those who carry more weight and cant just pose away their stomach.

Plenty of influencers use these images to relate to their audience by insisting they have normal flaws like everyone else.

Ive been seeing these types of photos everywhere recently and I always engage with them. Its addictive to see what most people try to hide, the 31-year-old captioned her photo.

What effect does this have on our body image? Am I learning to accept my body through these images or am I merely being entertained? I dont feel worse or better about my body after viewing this type of content.

After spending four years taking mirror selfies to flaunt her famous curves Madalin is keenly aware of how easy it is to distort an image with angles, clothing placement and body organisation.

In the left image she showcased, the owner of Work It with MG has placed her underwear on her hips, showing how the folds of her skin spill over the top.

The second picture has her underwear up much higher to thin out her waist, her legs placed in a more elongated position, and in the final shot she has pushed her thighs forward so they appear larger than they actually are.

Im wondering how other people feel when they see these images, do you feel empowered or frustrated? Empowered because you can accept your slim but flawed body or frustrated because you cant love your larger body out of oppression? Madalin wrote.

Do transformation photos motivate you or frustrate you?

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Those in marginalised bodies cant pose and change how their body is perceived but do we disregard the experience and feelings of slim but normalised and accepted bodies? Are they not important too?

Madalin acknowledged there was more acceptance of slim bodies that fit the typical standards of beauty and health, like her own.

I always eye roll when its an extremely thin or fit woman doing this because for larger people, even when posing the correct way, their bodies will still not look that way, one of her followers remarked.

The thin woman is basically saying see, were all the same! When in reality she benefits from thin privilege and wont experience body image the same way larger people do.

Actual fat women will always have rolls and cellulite and love handles, and sometimes these posed versus unposed photos drive a deeper wedge between us, said another.

A third added: The instagram vs reality have always been frustrating to me because almost always its from thin cis women.

Madalin lost 130,000 social media followers after she stopped posting fat burning workouts and weight loss tips, and instead focused on moderation.

Its possible to be part of the fitness industry and not do that, though it will be tougher to build your following and grow your business, I wont lie, she said in April.

But Im doing it while being true to myself and that means the world to me.

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