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This is 14! 🎂 Happy Birthday to the girl who ma

This is 14! 🎂 Happy Birthday to the girl who makes everyone feel accepted, included and loved. Always the life of the party, but also the person you can count on to cheer you up after a bad day. She continues to amaze me, as she grows up into a beautiful, smart, confident young woman.
I’m so proud of you Aubrielle - for choosing to be a true friend and kind human to everyone you meet. I’m extremely lucky to be your Momma. Happy happy birthday baby girl! 💕

I’d like to introduce you to the 10 second befor

I’d like to introduce you to the 10 second before and after.
Obvious takeaway - posture, angles and sucking-in can work wonders! Also… slouching and pushing your gut out as far as it can go, can make your confidence take a hard nosedive into bodyshameville.
Sure, it would be great to say this side-by-side is “Me 15lbs lighter!”… but, NOPE. It’s just me. All of me. On the same day - in the same 10 seconds. Just with different posture. No filters or photoshop. I don’t give advice, I just have opinions - here they are: * If you struggle with body dysmorphia in any way🙋🏼‍♀️, I highly recommend editing down your social media consumption while working on yourself. Stay grounded. Only allow people and information in that feels relatable, appreciated, helpful and REAL. Filters, photoshop, perfectly curated feeds, fad weight loss products or programs promoted by influencers and unrealistic beauty/body standards = further damage.
PS: Non of that👆🏻sh!t is ever going away, it’ll only get worse - so it’s all up to YOU. ✨CURATE A FEED THAT HELPS YOU STAY MOTIVATED, FEEL HEALTHIER and STAY HAPPIER!✨ * It’s okay to not “LOVE” your body’s current form. You can STILL be grateful for a functioning, well-working body, but not be 100% happy with the way it looks. * “Body love/positivity” SHOULD NOT = the “easy way out” of having to do ACTUAL, HARD, PHYSICAL work on your body and/or unhealthy eating habits to improve your overall mental and physical wellbeing. STOP using it as a “trendy” excuse. * You NEED more protein. Drink water. Eat a vegetable. Stop punishing carbs. Get off the scale. Lift some weights. * Health is not greater than or less than Happiness - it’s a very personal balancing act we all have to figure out for ourselves. I know a lot of super healthy, but very unhappy people… and quite a few really unhealthy, but genuinely happy people🤷🏼‍♀️. Skinny/Fit DOES NOT ALWAYS = happiness. Overweight/Out of Shape DOES NOT ALWAYS = sadness. * True self improvement and change is REALLY hard. But if you want it bad enough, you won’t give up - even when you stumble and fall a million times along the way. You really ARE stronger than you think. 💕

✨First day of school for this 8th grader and the

✨First day of school for this 8th grader and these two 10th graders!✨
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Time freaking flies… I can’t believe they’re this old already😭💗💗💗

When I catch them in a moment, and they just look

When I catch them in a moment, and they just look so grown up.
Can’t lie, it makes me sad. These teenage years are my all-time favorite. I’d like time to stop now, please.

LET’S GET REAL: It’s hard EVERYDAY, nothing ma

LET’S GET REAL: It’s hard EVERYDAY, nothing magically feels enjoyable (even after years of hard work), and it basically just comes to the point where you’re more fed up with being fat, than being fit.
*cue motivation*🥴🤷🏼‍♀️ #truth
Not feeling comfortable in your body is REALLY hard. Consistently working out and choosing to eat right, so you can produce change, is also REALLY freaking hard (for me). So, either way it’s going to be a struggle, but only one path can actually produce a positive change.
People get it twisted A LOT, when I talk on my stories about “not feeling comfortable in my body”. It has NOTHING to do with my self-worth, or my overwhelming gratefulness for how proud and thankful I am for a working, healthy, functioning body. I love myself! I’m a kick-ass, hardworking, beautiful, talented, single woman and mother, who has bucketloads of confidence. BUT I ALSO WANT TO FEEL AS GOOD ON THE OUTSIDE AS I DO ON THE INSIDE.
Period. The End.
Learning “self love” and “body acceptance”, overcoming body dysmorphia and food issues… all looks differently for each of us. And the more I looked inward and truly owned all of my own sh*t… the more I realized that my body’s physical appearance was a direct reflection of the relationship I have WITH MYSELF.
I give my whole and best self to everything and everyone in my life… but ironically, have neglected to cultivate a healthy, honest, attentive relationship with my OWN body. *cue the tears* And once I realized that… I was pissed. And pissed-off-ed-ness = the best kind of motivation. 😬
Just like any kind of therapy, that leads to positive, healthy change… it takes work. Lots of it. There are wins, and there are lots of setbacks - so all I’m trying to do this time around, is NOT GIVE UP, transparently share the good and bad, put in the work, and show my body the consistent respect, love and attention it deserves. 💗
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PS: I still loath working out/sweating and will ALWAYS prefer cookies and chips over veggies and fruit - no matter what. #sorrynotsorry - 😎✌🏻 mmkay, byeeee!
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★✩ So grateful for these babies of mine!🇺🇸 ✩★ #smithgirlcrew

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