U-Katie Dunlop "Wayephatheke Kahle" Ngalesi sithombe Sakhe—Kodwa Wasithumela Noma Kunjalo

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UKatie Dunlop uyakhuthaza ngezizathu eziningi — isizathu esikhulu ukuthi uyathandeka kakhulu. Umqeqeshi womuntu siqu nomsunguli we-Love Sweat Fitness (LSF) uzoba ngowokuqala ukukutshela ukuthi unenkinga yesisindo sakhe, ubhekane nesifo esimqeda amandla, futhi ubekhuluma iqiniso ngokungabi umuntu wasekuseni.
Manje, umgqugquzeli wokuqina ukhombisa uhlangothi lwakhe olusengozini okungenzeka ukuthi awukaze ulubone.
Izolo, uDunlop ufake isithombe sakhe esihle ekhombisa ibhulukwe yakhe, egqoke izinqe ze-bikini nejakhethi epinki yebhomu ebhalwe ukuthi "LSF". Kubalandeli bakhe abangama-360,000, isithombe besibukeka njenganoma yikuphi okunye okuthunyelwe kwakhe okukhanyayo, okumibalabala. Kepha uDunlop cishe akazange abelane ngalesi sithombe esithile.
"Ngicishe ngasusa lesi sithombe," ubhale eceleni kwesibhamu. "Eyodwa, ngoba angiyena umuntu ongathumela izibhamu ezinkulu, kodwa empeleni ngoba ukusabela kwami ngokushesha kwaba, 'i-OMG akuyona eyami."
UDunlop uthe unezithombe eziyisigidi ngempango yakhe ezenza azizwe enokuzethemba - kodwa lesi sithinte umuzwa. "Ukukhanya nakho konke kugqamisa yonke i-dimple, i-stretch mark, kanye nomugqa oxakile osuka esikhindini sami engangisigqokile futhi kwakufana nokubuka isinqe sami ngesibonakhulu," ebhala. "ANGIKAZE izithombe ze-photoshop. Ngiphonsa isihlungi sokukhanyisa bese ngikubiza ngokuthi usuku, ukuze ukubukwa okuhle kwezinqe nokubi konke kube okwangempela, lokhu bekuvele kucasule NGEMPELA ekuqaleni." (Thola ukuthi kungani u-Ashley Graham efuna ukuthi ube "nesinqe esibi" uma uzivoxavoxa.)
Eqhubeka nokubhala kwakhe, uDunlop wabhala ukuthi uhlala efuna ukuba "yisibonelo samandla" kubalandeli bakhe. "Kodwa esikhathini esiningi amandla awekho ngokomzimba njengoba enjalo ngokomzwelo," ehlanganyela.
Yilokho okumgqugquzele ukuthi athumele isithombe, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi simenza azizwe kanjani. "Lokhu yimi engingcolile, ongokoqobo futhi osengozini ngokuphelele," ubhale kanje. "Ukwabelana engingakucabanga njengesinye sezithombe ezimbi kakhulu kimi, kodwa futhi nesinye esingikhumbuza ngazo zonke izinyathelo, umzabalazo, kanye nokufeza engikwenzile kulo lonke uhambo lwami." (Kungakho u-Katie Dunlop efuna ukuthi uzibekele "imigomo emincane" esikhundleni sezinqumo ezinkulu.)
UDunlop ukhumbuze abalandeli bakhe ukuthi yize ehle ngamakhilogremu angama-45, akusho ukuthi "unomzimba ophelele, ongenayo i-cellulite noma ama-stretch marks."
"Sonke sehlukile futhi imizimba yethu ihluke ngokuphelele ngakho-ke udinga ukwazi ukuthi akuyona nje into ebekelwe umuntu ozokwehla ngamakhilogremu ambalwa," kubhala yena.
Ngokwabelana lolu hlangothi oluhlaza nolungahlelwanga yena, unethemba lokukhombisa abalandeli bakhe ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba namandla ngaphakathi nangaphandle.
"Angikaze ngicabange kabili mayelana nama-stretch marks ezinqeni zami noma ku-boobs noma i-cellulite ekhona ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi ngisebenza kanzima nsuku zonke futhi ngiphila impilo yami engcono kakhulu," wabhala. "Lezo zimaki azingichazi. Azichazi inqubekela phambili yami. Futhi azichazi ngokuphelele amakhono ami njengomqeqeshi."
Kungaba nzima ukuthanda umumo wakho lapho uhlaselwa izithombe "ezifanele" ku-Instagram usuku lonke. Kodwa ngokwamazwi kaDunlop, sekuyisikhathi sokuqala "ukwamukela imizimba emihle nakho konke 'ukushiyeka' kwabo ngoba ngaphandle kwabo besingeke sibe yilabantu esiyikho namuhla."