When I usually go out with girls, it's from when I had initially met them in person (either through mutual friends, bars, social activities, etc). I do use online dating apps like Tinder and Bumble but they don't usually work for me (I'm not white, probably not the only reason but definitely the biggest one). I still use them because time to time (like once every few months) I do get a quality match that actually leads to a date.

There have been a few instances where the girl in person doesn't look at all like their profile (as you can imagine, they are fatter in real life)

I recently matched with a new girl and I made plans to meet her this weekend. She looks decent in her pics but if she's fatter than what's she's showing on her profile, I don't want to waste my time/money meeting her

How good/bad of an idea is it to add her on Instagram to get slightly more recent and hopefully more realistic pictures of her? I found her on IG through her phone number but her profile is private. I can't find her on Facebook, her name is too common and I can't search by phone number.

What do you guys think?