Plagued by Haters, a Pilates Trainer Photoshops Herself Skinnier in This Video About Body Image

But some still missed the point

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No matter how much you accomplish in life, there are always going to be plenty of people online to tell you just how crappy you still are.

Pilates trainer Cassey Ho of Blogilates faces that fact just about every time she posts to Instagram or YouTube, so she decided to make a video about the way haters can corrupt your impression of a healthy body image.

She began by posting this image on Instagram, showing what she claimed to be her new "perfect body":

 

A photo posted by Cassey Ho (@blogilates) on

Followers who checked out her video, however, learned that it was all a ruse to spark conversation about the way we view our bodies:

The video has since been viewed more than 2 million times on YouTube, but that's not to say all the responses are along the lines of...

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