Taapsee Pannu, who was recently seen in Assi, spoke about society’s passion for having a perfectly flat stomach and urged women not to put themselves in unhealthy situations in pursuit of unrealistic beauty standards.On her Instagram Stories on Sunday, Taapsee reflected on her struggles with body image and revealed how she once pushed herself excessively in a bid to get rid of lower belly fat.“I had to talk about this obsession with having a flat tummy,” she said. “I remember I had this obsession because I was very fit growing up, but I never understood why the fat was always in my lower abdomen. I exercised almost so intensely that I put pressure on myself and rightly said as I pushed an alarm went off in your brain that your body needed protection.”
So, instead of actually losing water retention, the body starts retaining it and then the fat in the lower abdomen, which may actually not just be fat, but also water retention, it stays and increases through over-exercise, which I really think people shouldn’t be doing.The actress stressed that women’s bodies work differently and are constantly affected by hormonal fluctuations, which makes it unrealistic to expect to look the same every day.
She continued: “You can’t look like any other girl, so you have to accept that. I accepted that very late after I really tortured myself and then I realized that there are some days that happens and there are days that it doesn’t. My nutritionist Monmun Ganeriwal explained to me how it’s really important to have a little bit of fat, a little bit of water retention under the belly because that’s where your reproductive organs are and they need protection, and being a woman you need that protection.”Encouraging women to prioritize health over social media ideals, Taapsee emphasized that having a small amount of fat and water retention around the lower abdomen serves an important purpose.She added: “It’s healthy for you, so just to get those perfect pictures on Instagram, please don’t torture yourself. It’s supposed to be healthy to have that bulge and have a little bit of fat there. Please don’t torture yourself.”