Fitness blogger urges her followers to ignore 'manipulative' scales - after they showed she had PUT ON weight despite slimming down

  • Fenella Scarlett McCall, 30, from Melbourne, put on 1kg (2lbs) in muscle mass
  • But she appears to have lost weight in two recent Instagram pictures 
  • The fitness blogger has told followers not to trust 'b****y' bathroom scales 

By Unity Blott For Mailonline

Published: 09:32 EST, 1 February 2017 | Updated: 09:39 EST, 1 February 2017

A fitness blogger has urged her followers to pay no attention to 'b****y scales' - after she put on 1kg (2 lbs) despite gaining a new slimline physique.

Fenella Scarlett McCall, 30, from Melbourne, says she put on muscle mass after 'consistently working out' for 17 months and has learned to 'never trust' her bathroom scales again.

She penned the message on Instagram alongside two pictures, taken two years apart, where she appears to have slimmed down her figure.

Fenella Scarlett McCall shared these two pictures on her Instagram, urging her followers to ignore 'manipulative' bathroom scales after she put on 1kg (2 lbs) in muscle mass

But Fenella actually weighs 66kg (10 stone 6 lbs) in the first image, and 67kg (10 stone 8 lbs) in the latter.

She told her 50,000 followers how boxing and weight lifting had led to her gaining 'plenty of muscle'.

Her post, in which she calls the scales 'manipulative little f***ers', has racked up more than 30,000 likes and hundreds of comments - prompting an outpouring of support from her followers.

In a recent interview with the Herald Sun, Fenella spoke about how she got into fitness while recovering from a heroin addiction she developed at 20. 

Fitness blogger Fenella cut out dairy, gluten and sugar (including fruit) around four months ago as part of her health kick and to beat bloating, according to a recent Instagram post

Fenella told her 50,000 Instagram followers how boxing and weight lifting had actually led to her gaining 'plenty of muscle' - and was met by an outpouring of support from her fans

She said: 'After I was 90 days clean, a friend told me I should try out boxing. I was nervous but loved it and have been doing it ever since.  

The psychology student, who describes herself as a 'recovering addict', began hitting the gym in August 2015 with the guidance of fitness guru Kayla Itsines and moonlights as a blogger. 

She also cut out dairy, gluten and sugar (including fruit) around four months ago as part of her health kick and to beat bloating, according to a recent Instagram post. 

MailOnline has contacted Fenella for more information. 

FENELLA'S POST IN FULL 

'Ummm how does this even happen!?!? You know how I was fretting the other day!?!? Crazy yeah... So in the left photo, I had absolutely NO MUSCLE. My weight was all extra chub.... 

'Nowwwww, in the right photo, almost 2 years later, I have consistently worked out for 17 months, so even though it may not look like it- there be PLENTY of muscles over there... B****y scales- never trust them again... Those manipulative little f***ers.

'Monday again- let's smash some goals xx (and yeah I flipped the left photo so people don't freak out about my tatt.'

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