In the past two years, Simone Anderson has lost over 196 lbs. She has been posting her weight-loss journey on Instagram, inspiring many people to begin journeys of their own.

But not everyone is so supportive. Others are calling Anderson a fake.

She lately told the U.K.’s Independent :

I merely ever tried to be as honest as possible, she said. “From day one, I depicted the very best, the bad, and the ugly of extreme weight loss.

I uncovered my skin, I depicted every stretching mark, every little bit of sagging to the world.

To have people come back and tell me that I’m faking it would be difficult because I wasn’t pleasing everyone .

Anderson also spoke to the Daily Dot about how the comments have affected her. “At first, they genuinely got me down and I would play them over and over in my head, ” she said. “Now I may read them and just think I know what I have done, I know what I have achieved, and no one can take that away from me.”

Anderson isn’t alone in having to defend her weight loss. Another Instagram fitness celebrity, Kayla Itsines ,regularly posts before and after pictures of dramatic weight-loss transformations of people inspired by her workout app. Many of the comments often nitpick the pictures, accusing the women of digitally altering their photos, by pointing out tattoos or moles that seem to be missing.

And spectators are right to be skeptical. An article from the BBC in March 2015 exposes how before and after shootings are often manipulated with lighting, improved posture, and nicer clothes. A viral video from 2012shows how one fitness guru stimulated himself go from fab to flab in under five hours.

However, the detest in social media comments often gets out of hand, especially when it comes to women and their bodies. A girl is necessary faking it if she fulfils Western beauty standardsand if she doesn’t, she’s a fat, unattractive troll.

Anderson, for her portion, insists her transformation is real, and she has the pictures to prove it.

Still, the haters keep on detesting. Anderson told the Independent , “Throughout my whole journey, I have tried to be so honest about the whole experience and tell people it precisely as it’s happened, so to be called a fake hurt a lot. Update 4:00 pm CT, May 25 : Updated to include Anderson’s comments to the Daily Dot.

H/ T Independent

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