Bollywood actor Taapsee Pannu has spoken out about the pressure to achieve a perfectly flat midriff, revealing that she once pushed herself too hard in pursuit of an ideal body image.
She urged fans to embrace their bodies and avoid extreme measures for social media-perfect photographs.
Taapsee Pannu recalls 'torturing' herself for a flat midriff and shared a message for fans, saying, 'So instead of actually losing water retention, the body starts retaining it and then that lower belly fat, which might actually not just be fat, it’s also water retention, it stays, and it increases by overworking out.'
She explained how every woman has a different body and that they should not expect their midriff to look the same every day due to hormonal changes.
Taapsee concluded, 'It's healthy for you. So just to get those picture-perfect Instagram pictures, please don't torture yourself. It's supposed to be healthy to have that little bit of bulge and have that fat there.'
