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Written By: Poorva Chavan | Updated : April 9, 2016 3:19 PM IST
Bollywood has seen some amazing body transformations. Actresses like Sonakshi Sinha and Parineeti Chopra have been lauded for their weight loss efforts. Both of them at some point or the other in their careers have faced a lot of body shaming and ridicule for being on the heavier side. Both of them have been open about their weight loss struggles and have always stood up to all the unnecessary criticism.
This time, it is Zareen Khan who's spoken about her weight loss and body image issues. Zareen is one of the fittest actresses in Bollywood. Looking at her frame, she seems to be someone who doesn't miss a day at the gym and someone who stringently watches what she eats. However, according to reports, she weighed around 100 kg before entering Bollywood.
Recently, she posted two very old pictures of herself when she overweight on her Facebook page. In the post, she writes that when sees these pictures she feels proud of herself for losing excess weight. However, she makes it very clear that she did not feel any less of herself then either. Most of us have body image issues, and not everyone is at peace with the way they look. This usually makes us insecure and under confident. Body shamers take advantage of this insecurity and try to demotivate or demoralise someone who doesn't fit into their perception of ideal.
Being overweight or plus size does not mean that that person lacks confidence or is ashamed of his /her body. It is up to an individual to decide what he or she wants to do with her body or how they want to look. Zareen writes in her post that in spite of being so big, she never let people's comments or opinions affect her.
She also mentions why she decided to lose weight, and it's not because she had to join Bollywood or because she wanted to look a certain way. She writes that she wanted to feel lighter and decided to give it weight loss a shot. While her journey was not easy, she had more energy and started loving herself even more. She says that fitness has now become a way of life.
However, weight loss has a small downside too. When you weigh around 100 kg and lose a lot of weight, you have to deal with stretch marks. For an actress, there's tremendous pressure to be flawless especially when it comes to her body. Since we have a mindset that an actress should have a flawless skin, stretch marks become a hindrance. But, Zareen says that she's not ashamed of her stretch marks and doesn't try to hide them. She believes in flaunting them because she feels like a tigress with her stripes.
Read her Facebook Post here--
Came across these pics of mine from school and college days. (White one was in std 9th & pink one was right after my std... Posted by Zareen Khan on Monday, 4 April 2016 Image s0urce: Zareen Khan/Facebook
