Kim Kardashian’s enviable behind might be more attainable than you think. South Africa–based fitness blogger Sara Puhto shared side-by-side photos of herself to prove that the bootylicious pics of the reality star and her sisters flooding your Instagram feed aren’t always what they seem.
In one photo, the 20-year-old‚ who is wearing a black, cutout bathing suit — stands straight-legged in front of a mirror, revealing a sculpted derriere. In the second shot, she shifts to a “booty pop” position, and voila! Kardashian curves!
“In a world where the Kardashians’ bootys are so glorified, we need to remember that the photos we see of them and others aren’t always reality,” Puhto wrote in her November 16 post. “Their butts can’t ALWAYS look that big from every angle.”
And Puhto says the same goes for photos on Instagram. “We see them as goals and think we'll never be able to gain that much muscle or lose that much fat,” she noted. “But what you need to remember is that those photos you see are achievable, you can get to your goals, you can achieve anything with the right amount of determination, patience and effort!
The Finnish vlogger boasts more than 40,000 followers and regularly shares body progress photos. “We choose to post the best things on our social media,” she tells Us Weekly. “So we can’t look at other people’s pictures and compare that to our every day body.”
Puhto, who used to eat just 1,000 calories a day, has been sharing snaps of her healthy transformation since adapting a healthy vegan lifestyle in January 2016. “I restricted because I thought I’d lose weight that way. I was in the mindset that it didn’t matter what type of food I ate as long as it was below 1,000 calories at the end of the day,” she tells Us. “Then I’d end up eating everything and anything every dinner and feel weak and hate myself. It was a vicious cycle that I will never go back to.”