Sure, we all know not to believe everything that we see, especially when it comes to seemingly perfect photos of fit celebs in magazines or on the Internet. But can the average woman pull off some of the same slimming and eye-tricking techniques that famous folks do?

Hell yeah.

Witness the ridiculous transformation of personal trainer Mel of MelVFitness, pictured above. How'd she do it?

"Check out my transformation! It took me 15 minutes. Wanna know my secret? Well firstly I ditched the phonewallet (fwallet) cause that shit is lame, swapped my bather bottoms to black (cause they're a size bigger & black is slimming), Smothered on some fake tan, clipped in my hair extensions, stood up a bit taller, sucked in my guts, popped my hip- threw in a skinny arm, stood a bit wider #boxgap, pulled my shoulders back and added a bit of a cheeky/Im so proud of my results smile. Zoomed in on the before pic- zoomed out on the after & added a filter. Cause filters make everything awesome."

"What's my point? Don't be deceived by what you see in magazines & on Instagram. You never see the dozens of other pics they took that wernt as flattering. Photoshop can make a pig look hotter than Beyonce."

So there you have it: Everybody lies -- and you can, too! Or, you can embrace and love the body you have. Take your pick! [Source]