Before and after photos (before and after a diet, a training course, a detox, etc.) are now more frequent than photos of dishes on Instagram. They invaded any facebook group, and the web in general. We see before and after photos of men and women who often show obvious results of weight loss or body recomposition (ie more muscle and less flab), and before and after photos of “customers” often advertise companies specializing in the sale of dietary supplements and meals. substitutes.

The trend of these photos is so widespread and crazy that there is no shortage of taking a ride : some time ago there was a photo in which an obese man was shown in a before and after in which, however, his body appeared identical, and the writing “In 12 weeks Kevin lost his glasses ”(the only difference between the before photo and the after photo). Or, same before and after photo of a woman: “in 4 weeks Susan lost her smile”.

Things that make you smile, but that underline a disturbing trend. Many before and after photos are retouched for example. Others show significant weight loss, and although they are true, they are believed to be false by people now addicted.

But THIS photo that I show you is undoubtedly one of the most sensational (and certainly no one will think it is retouched): it is the before and after photo of  Allison Kimmey , “health coach” (one who works and has worked in the health sector and well-being), who in the first photo is plump and overweight, in the one after … definitely fatter. The photo was released by Alisson herself, a pretty blonde girl and mother of two children, to show how being a little thinner is not necessarily healthy and above all happy.
To the newspapers that interviewed her after the success of the photo on social media, Allison said that diets are a real businessbut that each person must love their body and put health at the center, not thinness. “My (diet) path started with dietary restrictions, body dysmorphic disorder (= altered perception of one’s body), yo-yo-effect diets, and self-acceptance problems from the age of 14”. Despite her best efforts, Allison began gaining weight in 2008, but even when she was thinner she tended to always see herself as fat. She realized that she had wasted most of her life trying to change.