Khloe Kardashian on the cover

Khloe Kardashian covers the August/September 2015 issue of Complex magazine in an exercise-themed photoshoot. The youngest Kardashian sister lifts weights, boxes, uses resistance bands, benches, and throws around a medicine ball, all while wearing leotards and onesies. With wet blonde hair, the reality star shows off the body she’s obviously spent hours shaping. But, as with many (every?) photo shoots these days, there’s immediate skepticism over just how much of the image is actually Khloe and how much is thanks to digital manipulation. So to help dispel this perception, the 31-year-old posted before-and-after shots to Instagram.

“This one is for all the troll haters out there that cannot seem to give me an ounce of credit for my daily workouts! The image on the left is an unretouched photo from the actual camera on the day of the shoot. The image on the right is the retouched photo,” she wrote alongside the composited image. “Yes skin is smooth and shadows are removed but I still think I look good on the left image. Flaws and all ❤️ hi hater!!! Click on it… I know you want to ” The shoot’s photographer Steven Gomillion confirmed to Yahoo Style that the image on the left is, in fact, unretouched.

In the feature story, Kardashian also shared her thoughts on body confidence: "I don’t know if I’m ever gonna feel like ‘Daaamn, you look good, The recently divorced entrepreneur said of her figure."But I’ve never felt as comfortable in my own skin as I do now." Over the years, Kardashian has openly shared her weight ups and downs; she lost 30 pounds last year thanks to hitting the gym multiple times a week and training with with Gunnar Peterson. "I want to say I don’t care, but of course [comments about my body] are going to sting,” She told Cosmo U.K. last year. “I have to do whatever is good for me… I feel that I’m healthier [now], but I don’t think I’m prettier thinner.” And despite the fact that she shares these workouts on her Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, and Keeping Up With the Kardashians, it seems she was still pressured to prove something. Some commenters called the cover image “fake,” and others strictly gave credit to retouching for the outcome of the images.