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Body Positivity + Weight Loss: A Letter To The Girl Who Told Me I Couldn't Love Myself if I Wanted To Lose Weight

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Body Positivity + Weight Loss

Being so open on the internet comes with a shit ton of commentary about my life, opinions, the way...

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⁣⁣ There’s so much pressure to be perfect on

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There’s so much pressure to be perfect on this app. ⁣⁣
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The perfect life. ⁣⁣
The perfect house. ⁣⁣
The perfect clothes. ⁣⁣
The perfect pose. ⁣⁣
It’s exhausting. ⁣⁣
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I started to forget to just have fun. ⁣⁣
I was burnt out. ⁣⁣
Questioning my worth. ⁣⁣
Questioning if I was “good enough”. ⁣⁣
Wondering if I had a place here. ⁣⁣
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So today I left that all. We drove down the shore in the middle of February because one of our fave boardwalk pizza places opened up. And 🍕 is life. Don’t @ me. ⁣⁣
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And we decided to do some 📸⁣⁣
No rules except have fun 🎉 ⁣⁣
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My feed doesn’t need to match. I mean really, who actually gives a shit?! I don’t need to be perfectly posed. It’s okay if my sweater and my shoes are from Walmart. ⁣⁣
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I guess my point here is have fun. Be you. And don’t worry about what everyone else is doing. ⁣⁣
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And if all else fails. Go play with a slinky. 😜⁣⁣
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For awhile I didn’t believe the hype... I did ev

For awhile I didn’t believe the hype... I did everything else but lash extensions 🤣 I didn’t think I could commit. So I committed to a lift and tint, strip lashes, magnetic lashes, 27 coats of mascara... ⁣⁣
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But guys... I get it. I finally get it. We’ve talked about my straight blonde lashes before that when bare I just feel like I look dead 🤣 and now? Now I feel ALIVE 🤣 Is that weird?! Maybe. But it’s the best description I’ve got. ⁣⁣
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@mkay.lashes surpassed my wildest dreams. I booked this spot on a whim yesterday afternoon probably because mercury is in retrograde and I’m nuts. I’m SO glad I did. ⁣⁣
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If you’re local you need to check her out, her studio is the cutest and she made the process so easy. ⁣⁣
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Also because I don’t do anything regular or normal if you look closely there’s some hot pink lashes in there. SERIOUSLY LOVE. I’ll never go back to my regular lashes ever again 🤣 Swipe if you wanna watch the magic happen 😍 ⁣
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#lashextensions #southjerseylashes #sjlashes #njlashextensions #njlashextensions #phillylashes #phillyblogger #sjblogger #southjerseyblogger

Maybe this emotioNAIL will help get me out of my c

Maybe this emotioNAIL will help get me out of my creative funk 🤣 a new pair of claws always makes me feel like I can change the world! ⁣
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Also local peeps I found a new nail salon today that took me as a walk-in @happynailspa_nj 💅🏻 I’m obsessed so check them out 😍

This is my official request that every day be paja

Going to the gym has always been an outlet for me.

Going to the gym has always been an outlet for me. Fueling my body with different foods made me feel better. I was less anxious. I felt accomplished. I felt great mentally & physically. ⁣
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I let a lot of that go over the past 16 months ⁣
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Learning about Jim’s addiction caused me to spiral. I’ve struggled with mental health issues since high school but facing all of these things I didn’t want to, it broke something in me⁣
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I stopped going to the gym consistently. ⁣
I stopped giving any type of shits about what I was eating. I kind of just got by. ⁣
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At the end of the day, I don't want to just get by. I want to live my best life.⁣
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In 2018, I felt amazing. I felt like I was in the best shape of my life. I felt strong mentally and physically. ⁣
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Until I didn’t.⁣
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Being open about this is scary. I’ve felt lonely. Like it was a betrayal to even think of my weight. Weight loss and diet seem to be hot button issues on the gram. ⁣
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If I'm fueling my body in a way that feels good and going to the gym, what if I lose weight? Would I be the disappointment so many people have talked about when referring to influencers + weight loss? ⁣
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I felt ashamed.⁣
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I was scared that I didn't actually know what was best for me because people on Instagram said differently.⁣ ⁣
I am not currently healthy. My bloodwork is whack. My cholesterol levels are not in an ok spot. My knees are killing me. I don't have some idea that some number on a scale is my happy place. I've put in so much work to break that cycle. ⁣
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But I need to make changes. I desperately want to feel better. Both mentally and physically. ⁣
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I've worked closely with my therapist and dietician to find something that works best for ME and where I'm at. I might lose weight or I might not. So I figured I’d be transparent about that.⁣
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I’ll continue to share my story here. But what I can’t do is be afraid of choosing what’s right for ME right now. ⁣
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That may not be what’s right for YOU. Because none of us are the same. We’re all just trying our best. 🖤 So I’ll do me. You do you.⁣ ⁣
Hopefully, we can all give each other grace and meet in the middle.🖤

Someone take me back to the Dirty Kettle Chips at

Someone take me back to the Dirty Kettle Chips at @fglhouse ...⁣⁣
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I plan most of my vacations around the food I’m gonna eat 🤣⁣⁣
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What’s been your favorite city to travel to?! ⁣
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#nashville #nashvilleeats #nashvilletn #nashvillefoodie #fglhouse #fgl #floridageorgialine #floridageorgialinehouse

⁣ I spent so much of my late twenties and even s

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I spent so much of my late twenties and even some of my early thirties caring SO MUCH about what other people thought. ⁣
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Were my clothes good enough? ⁣
Was I skinny enough?⁣
Was my hair blonde enough?⁣
Was I good enough?⁣
Do I fit in? ⁣
Do I belong?⁣
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So many questions would spin around in my head. Making me think I wasn’t enough. ⁣
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One day. Finally. I had the answer. I was enough. Nothing else mattered because showing up as myself was enough. ⁣
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I stopped giving a shit what anyone else thought. I started just embracing me. ⁣
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It wasn’t easy to get there. ⁣
It took work. ⁣
It still takes work.⁣
It took a lot of therapy. ⁣
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It took a lot of surrounding myself with women who leave space at the table for everyone. Women who don’t make me question if I’m enough. ⁣
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And if you’re not there yet. If you’re struggling to believe that you’re enough. I want you to know that I hear you. I see you. You are enough.⁣
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And it will get better. This isn’t the end for you. There’s so many chapters left in your book. And it’s all ENOUGH to fill the pages. ⁣

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