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Just remember... Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success ✨ — #DreamBig #Smile #PositiveVibes #WorkHardForSuccess #PittsburghGirl https://www.instagram.com/p/BwbJBshASQB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1o4yszfgmwesi

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One of the girls in the accountability group asked us today, “Share something you tell yourself when you want to give up.” To my surprise, I quickly responded with NOTHING FEELS AS GOOD AS LIVING IN A BODY I’M PROUD OF 💗 It just came to me and when I think about it, my statement holds so true to me. I’m proud of this body I’m working on and continuing to make progress daily so I can be even more proud of it. It’s not easy but its so damn worth it. So whenever I’m struggling or having a bad day, I reflect on where I’m at in my journey and just remind myself just how much I’m proud of the body I get to live in 💗 — #YourBodyIsYourTemple #BeProudOfYourBody #Smile #NewPants #KeepGoing #PittsburghGirl #Yinzer #DontStopWontStop https://www.instagram.com/p/BwYOlfgAseS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1e190n28ytw4

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Working out is hard. Nutrition is hard. Consistency is hard. Dedication is hard. Motivation is hard. Losing weight is hard. Being healthy is HARD 🔹 Being tired all the time is hard. Having no energy is hard. Clothes not fitting is hard. Not loving yourself is hard. Being uncomfortable is hard. Having no support is hard. Being unhealthy is HARD. 🔹 Both lifestyles are hard to maintain. BUT I’d much rather push through a workout and feed my body the right foods than eat whatever and not be active. It’s challenging as heck to change your ways at first, but after feeling the effects of treating your body right, you’re gonna wish you would have started sooner. I know I did but all I can do know is continue on this journey and live a life I can actually L I V E 🔹 So make your choice. What hard do you want to live by? If you want the hard that’s going to change your life for the better, I’m here for you whenever you’re ready to embark on this journey with me ✌🏻📲 — #TransformationTuesday #BeforeAndAfter #ChooseYourHard #BeHappyInYourSkin #BuildYou #CreateEveryday #MakeAChoice #Smile https://www.instagram.com/p/BwVkzcsA-ds/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yq5y2gcsbe4b

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Being apart of a C O M M U N I T Y of like minded women fills a special place in my heart. We strive to share our journeys to inspire others to let them know they aren’t alone. We’re all human and not perfect in any way. The support and overwhelming amount of love we pour into each other is truly an experience that I’m so grateful to have in my life everyday 💗 — When I was younger, I felt like an outkast watching others from the outside and lookin in. I didn’t do sports, clubs, teams, nothing and always wondered what that would be like. How does it feel to be apart of something? To fit in and have people to lean on and share a passion with. I thought that it was just my life and I’d never know 🤷🏻‍♀️ — It’s funny looking back on those moments now because being apart of this movement, something bigger than just me motivates me to dream bigger ✨ To set scary goals for myself and really try to step out of my comfort zone so I can grow 🌸 Yes, I can do this on my own, but this team, these girls keep me accountable. They push me to limits because they believe in me. && without them, I honestly don’t know where I’d be. So thank you ladies, I couldn’t imagine being on a team with anyone else 💗 — #MyGirls #SuperSunday #TeamSimplyBeautiful #Smile #PushTogether #Accountability #LiveYourLife #Workout (at Omni William Penn Hotel) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwTBsejAZu9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fdlmv08oblfs

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Feeling so grateful for this Sunday ✨ Today’s event was LIT and thanks to @joelfreemanfitness for our live killer leg workout 🔥 So much for my “recovery day” but I wouldn’t change it for the world. Having the opportunity to workout with one of my favorite super trainers meant so much to me 😍 Not to mention, the freakin energy from everyone else in the room just pushing together. It’s so unbelievably powerful just having everyone else working to be a better version of themselves as a whole. It’s truly inspiring to be apart of something bigger than myself because this community has changed my life. So thank you Super Sunday 💗 Until next time ✌🏻 • #HIITItAndQuitIt #SuperWeekend #SundayFunday #Lit #BalconyWorkout (at Omni William Penn Hotel) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwQXU-Igjfw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ur0fgzettrwv

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Meeting new people used to cause my social anxiety to go into a spiraling whirlwind 🌀 So anxious beyond belief that I’d feel so outta control of my own body. Sweats, shaking, shortness of breath, didn’t want to come off as rude because I kept to myself,,, BUT I was just downright S C A R E D 😵😵 I would overthink every situation and if I could avoid those interactions, I would ✖️✖️ • For years I let it control me. I hid behind my anxiety and at times, used it as an excuse because I was validated. It sucked and I took myself down a dark dark path that led me to mild depression. I didn’t want to leave the house 🏠 I labeled myself as broken and believed it. Self love and care was out the window and nowhere near something I thought I was deserving of ✖️✖️ • It took me time to realize if I wanted to take control and stop feeling sorry for myself, I needed to make a change. I needed to take different actions because I NEEDED a new outcome, a new life that I looked forward to living ✨ I started small, everyday working on talking to the people I see everyday and becoming more independent. I stopped and evaluated what triggered my anxiety and figured out a way to control it. It helped. • I still struggle today, but I’ve learned to live with it than let it control my life. I LOVE meeting new people even though I’m a bit nervous at first. I never know what that person can bring to my life so I keep an open mind and just relax. I still want to hide sometimes, just not as much. So if you ever see me, say hey 👋🏻 Just know my introvert self needs time to warm up. I’m human, I have weaknesses too, but I just choose to love them anyways and turn them into new improved strengths 💗 • #IntrovertLife #SocialAnxietySurvivor #Anxiety #TakeControl #Strengths #Smile #PittsburghGirl #Yinzer https://www.instagram.com/p/BwN6gN3gsqD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h1bekk7sxavi

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Flashback Friday to our first quarterly event of the year 💕 A time where the local ladies on your team meet up, hangout, and get in a killer workout together 🔥 We learn as a team, we grow as a team, we sweat as a team, and we move forward as a team. I remember being so nervous to go and meet everyone for the first time, but now with the next one being in like one day ☝🏻 I just can’t wait to see these beauties again along with a few new faces. This opportunity has not only made me feel apart of something, but it’s helped me get out of my comfort zone and try new things. I’m forever grateful for you ladies ✨ && I can’t wait to see yins soon 👋🏻👋🏻 — #SuperWeekend #Yinzer #PittsburghGirl #MyGirls #Community #LearnAndGrow (at Omni William Penn Hotel) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwLOQUDAPNr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18jspd8a7izlz

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Enough said 🤣✌🏻 Freakin in LOVE with my new shirt and literally my motto. Been so on point with everything lately so rewarded myself with this beauty 💗💗 — #MyMotto #MusicIsLife #Smile #PittsburghGirl #Yinzer #HandleThatShit #TankTop #RewardYourself #YouDeserveIt (at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwI5dVwg7_g/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=t2kqbr6gy9jl

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I think it’s time to reintroduce myself since I’ve noticed a lot of new friends pop up 👋🏻 I’m Taylor — 🔹I’m a cat mom and I’m obsessed with my boys 🐈🐈 🔹My hair has a mind of its own that goes crazy but I don’t mind 💁🏻‍♀️ 🔹I LOVE LOVE rap/hip-hop and Chris Brown/Jacquees are my current go to jams 🎶 🔹I’m weird. Fun. Outgoing. Love to chat but sometimes anxiety is a bitch 😆 🔹Recently engaged to my best friend 💍 and already 6 1/2 years strong 💗 🔹I’m a restaurant manager full time and this type of work is my thing 💰 — Funny thing is I used to HATE ice breakers and such, but now I don’t mind. So, do we have anything in common? I’d love to get to meet ya,,, let’s chat ✌🏻 — #IceBreakers #AboutMe #ThisIsMe #PittsburghGirl #CurlyHair #Yinzer #RapAndHipHop #HumpDay #OnWednesdaysWeWearPink (at Wilmerding, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwFxbrdAvfB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6fqo83s536dn

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Filters were EVERYTHING for me 2 years ago. I couldn’t share anything unless something was covering me up or adding a feature. I was insecure and felt the need to hide myself every chance I got. I was ashamed of how I looked and in turn, wasn’t the best person to be around 🚫 Which is hard to believe now if you know me. But I was miserable. I looked down on anyone who seemed to be loving life. When the truth was, I wasn’t in a place where I loved myself because I felt like a failure✖️I gained weight, my anxiety was out of control, and was just negative 👎🏻 I thought that that’s how my life was going to be. I lived in a mindset of doubts. How freaking terrible you guys ‼️ • Looking back now, I’m thanking the person I used to be though. Without struggling to get by day to day, I wouldn’t be here to share my story with you. I wouldn’t have learned or grew into the person I am every single day. I’m eager to share my positivity with everyone. I’m excited to live life full of joy and energy ⚡️ I’m living proof that you certainly can turn your life around. You just have to understand that even though you’re at where you are right now, doesn’t mean you’re stuck there. With a little hope and action, change is possible. So do the things that you aren’t doing now because that’s the only way your going to get a different outcome ✌🏻It’s all up to you my friend. Are you ready to freakin make a difference for you?! • #AllUpToYou #LearnAndGrow #TransformationTuesday #Smile #StartToday #PittsburghGirl #Believer #LiveYourBestLife #NoMoreFilters (at Wilmerding, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwDqBuvgLrN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=buo4sxi1b4sa

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Ever get the forward questions that you should be doing this and when’s this gonna happen? Ya I feel you 🙃 I totally understand the curiosity and such, but everyone’s timeline is different. Some people get married and have kids early and some people don’t and just travel ✈️ Some people finish school with a shit ton of loans and some don’t and are debt free 💰 Some people buy a house and some like to try new places 🏡 We are all different. There’s not just one right path to go down. No ones life is the same and we’re all just living the way we want to in this crazy world 🌎 It’s hard, it’s challenging, but if you’re working hard and have goals ⭐️ you want to accomplish, I say keep doing you. Don’t let anyone make you feel rushed to do things or feel like you have to unless you want too. We all only get one life and it’s too short to try and live by other people’s standards they set for you 💁🏻‍♀️ So create a vision you want to see yourself at and go after it. Live unapologetically, be damn proud of what you’re doing, and live YOUR life the way YOU want to 💗 — #SorryNotSorry #ThisIsMyLife #NotForYou #LiveUnapologetically #PittsburghGirl #DoYouBoo #CreateYourVision #BeDifferent (at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwAks9Pg9NX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3m0l2k56xhtj

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Hey you 👋🏻 Listen up 👂🏻 • If you’re holding yourself back from the things you want or need to do, STOP 🛑 waiting. There’s no “perfect time” and there never will be. That uneasy, nervous feeling is normal and quite honestly won’t go away until you take the plunge. No need to procrastinate the unknowing when the outcome could be much greater than you ever thought 💭 • So what’s holding you back? && whatcha gonna do about it? Let it keep stopping you? Or freaking do the damn thing? Me and Dorito are here to support ya ✌🏻 Just lemme know what we can help with 📲 • • #DreamBig #WhyNotYou #PerfectDoesNotExist #FreakinDoIt #HereToHelp #Smile #CatMom #StopAndThink #LiveYourBestLife https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv-DV_PAcrs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xh7mnxd56ply

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Don’t let anyone stand in your way. Dream big 💫 Stand strong 💪🏻 Look ahead 👀 Live your best damn life && love every second of it 💗 — #LiveYourBestLife #Smile #FlexFriday #Dreamer #DoYouBoo https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv5SOX9Aghl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=o4lr8jxpa72x

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Thinking back to when I first bought these shorts... I was going with a friend to the beach 🏖 and I was super excited because at the time, I was down about 4 sizes. With nothing really fitting anymore, I had to go out and buy a new bathing suit and some shorts. I tried everything on, still struggling with how I looked 👀 and settled with a few things, including these shorts that were stretchy but still too small. I felt discouraged with the progress I made so far and didn’t understand why I was still stuck in a place I didn’t want to be in 😣 — Truth is, I was doing it all wrong. Barely eating enough calories, working out for hours at the gym, and my mindset wasn’t healthy. “You’re still fat.” “You can’t do anything right.” “Why aren’t you smaller?” Questions and comments always racing through my head cause I never worked on my personal mindset 💭 — Today was the first day in YEARS that I’ve put these shorts on. I felt empowered. Even tied all the way, they’re still big but comfortable. As I looked in the mirror 👀 I had some negative thoughts. My thighs are big, they look bad, take them off. But then I said to myself, my legs are STRONG, I’m beautiful even with my flaws, and I’m gonna rock these shorts anyways 💁🏻‍♀️ — &&& so my badass self did 💗 I’ve learned to love my process because progress will happen over time. No need to rush anything. I’m learning more each day how I can be better and how to show myself the respect I deserve. It’s a journey of self love and I’m not stopping anytime soon. So to the girl who’s reading this —> You’re freaking incredible! And if you think otherwise, let’s fix that TOGETHER because you deserve to feel badass yourself 📲 — #ShortsDontControlMe #BodyPositivity #SelfLove #EnjoyTheJourney #DontRushTheProgress #BadassSelf (at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv2sLDKgjAr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pzgksjsp6btb

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No better feeling than driving around with the windows down, music turned all the way up 🎵 singing at the top of your lungs, and just enjoying the beautiful weather ☀️ Even though my love looks at me like I’m crazy, I have fun 🤣💗 — #SpringWeather #HipHopAllDay #DrivingCanBeFun #EngagedLife #Smile #SingLikeNoOneIsListening (at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvzxHCCAz-C/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7rkwrhjb19g8

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Dear Dorito,, 🐈 I still love you even though you play attacked me while I was working out. FYI, your nails need clipped 🤣 && needless to say, I now have a pinhole hole on the back of my leg. So thank you for that cause that freaking hurt. Your mama 💗 — P.S. I’m now covered in cat hair for giving you kisses but whatcha gonna do. It’s expected I guess 🤷🏻‍♀️ — #CatMom #Kisses #HairEverywhere #EmbraceThePain #CurlyHair #DoritoTheCat #WelcomeToMyLife https://www.instagram.com/p/BvxqX3_AJKB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1p14v0xirvaqx