‘Reality check’: Irish model reveals the other side of an Instagram pic

Irish model, Maeve Madden, has opened up on social media about the painful truth of digestive disorders.

Maeve, who lives in London now, took to Instagram to show her 75,000+ followers that she is not always "rocking abs and feeling lean," but instead, suffers from a painful bloated stomach due to, "hormones, food intolerences and IBS."

In her shared before-and-after picture, Maeve wrote: "Just wanted to share this painful reality, I have learned a lot over the past few months after being diagnosed coeliac and lactose intolerant but every now and again I have foods my tummy hates and well, the darn hormones are something all ladies have to deal with (sic)." 

 

Reality check .. Not every day am I rocking abs and feeling lean and awesome .. Hormones, bloat, water weight, food intolerances ibs , all result in days like this, which can last from 1 day to a week or longer.. Just wanted to share this painful reality, I have learned a lot over the past few months after being diagnosed celiac and lactose intolerant but every now and again I have foods my tummy hates and well, the darn hormones are something is ladies all have to deal with .. Hope to be back to normal in a few days .. And I think my friends and family are looking forward to me not complaining about it too .. #maevemadden #beatthebloat #wherearemyabs #summerbody #ibs #lifestyleblogger #realitycheck #fitgirlsguide #healthyliving #healthyhabits #dealwithit #absareoverrated

A photo posted by FITNESS | LIFESTYLE | FASHION (@maeve_madden) on Jun 9, 2016 at 1:35pm PDT

Being a coeliac, Maeve is unable to digest gluten, and with IBS, which is a large intestine disorder, the Irish model will have extremely sore cramping and abdominal pain.

We're glad she's making a stand to show her followers that everything isn't always picture-perfect.