A body positive babe who’s known for flaunting her cellulite in ʙικιɴιs has been criticised for losing weight.
Swimwear designer Karina Irby is known for flaunting her cuʀvᴇs and cellulite in candid Instagram snaps.
She boasts over 1million followers on the platform and people love her honest approach to talking about body image.
Lately Karina has been focusing on her health more as she admitted she’s been trying to focus on cleaner habits.
She said over the past few months she’s been “struggling” with anxiety about her health, which led her to make some changes.
Even though it’s really benefited her, she said she’s faced some criticism for losing weight and some people unfollowed her due to the fact she’s dropped a few pounds.
Karina knows a lot of people come to her page for uplifting and positive content, but she knew she had to focus on changing her ways to benefit her personally.
Writing on Instagram, the beach babe said: “Day 62 of my new healthy habits.
“I’ve had a lot of girls reach out and tell me, now that I’m losing a little bit of weight, and I’m talking more about my food, health and training, that they’ve had to unfollow me.
“I respect and appreciate people have their own journeys and experiences in this space, but I would appreciate that respect in return.
“I’m not out here trying to upset or trigger people. In fact, I’m trying to do the opposite.
“I’ve been really struggling over the past 18 months with anxiety surrounding my health, which led me to create some pretty toxic and unhealthy habits.
“Something needed to change.”
Karina went onto explain she spent some time working on herself, and also spoke to a professional about her struggles.
She said body positivity has been put in a very “small bubble”, and centres on people only exposing their “flaws” and accepting them.
While this is great, she said it’s also about things that are so much bigger than this.
The ʙικιɴι babe said it should be focused on completely falling in love with yourself.
She added: “If someone wants to lose weight. That’s ok.
“If someone wants to gain weight. That’s ok.
“If someone wants to work on their mental health. That’s ok.
“At the end of the day, someone’s personal decision on how they work on themselves DOES NOT NEED TO IMPACT YOU.”
Since she opened up about her journey over 10,000 people liked the post, and several people commented too.
Many people reached out to Karina to offer kind words and support.
One person said: “Girl, keep doing you.
“The real ones will stick around.
“Body positivity is, quite literally, about being and feeling positive in your body – which means being healthy and happy.”
Another added: “Can’t please everyone, honey.
“You do you and the ones who want to stay will stay.”