The little girl on the left grew up living a dark life. She hated going shopping because everytime she looked in the mirror, she would cry and claim that the lighting made her look fatter. So in order to feel better, she ate fries and drank a large Dr Pepper or 4. Little meghan wouldn't wear shorts or tanks even in 105 degree Texas heat, because she was so self conscious. Deep down, she wanted more than anything to love herself, but she didn't know how.. so she started to pop pills and party. She lost all faith and all love. She was dancing with the devil, and ended up being roofied and raped. From then on, she went on a black out spree. She didn't eat and trained her brain to hate food, until the day she overdosed. When I woke up, I saw the tattoo on my foot "walk by faith, not by sight", picked up my stuff, left college, and went through healing. The first step was learning how to love again, starting with loving myself. I trained myself to eat, which cannabis helped greatly with. I started by go to the park on walks and runs,doing body weight exercises. I got a trainer, and started to be confident. Even the days I was down, I would push myself. DEPRESSION WILL NOT DEFEAT ME!! Change your mindset. Love is the GREATEST. Jesus commandment to us was LOVE. So start there. LOVE yourself, LOVE others, and LOVE your creator. 💚 80 lbs down 🙏🏼 props to @justinclemons for this beautiful photo taken in dallas at White Rock lake 😻

A post shared by Meghan Gilbert (@megsmotivationn) on Jun 12, 2017 at 10:44am PDT

 

This video doesn't just show my physical change, but it shows my mental and emotional growth as well. I was so lost growing up.. I didn't realize that self love and respect was important. I would binge eat and party, filling my body with drugs and poison. Instead of turning to God, I turned to the world. I couldn't wear shorts or go to a dressing room at the mall without crying. Not because I was big but because I was lost and I hated everything about me... One week I was just tired of life, and took too many pills. I overdosed.. by the GRACE OF GOD I woke up and saw my foot tattoo "walk by faith not by sight." From that moment on I found God again, and when I found God I found LOVE!! When I started to love and respect myself, I started to eat healthy and work out. Then it just all hits.. you sweat out the toxins, so you become MENTALLY and physically stronger. You learn persistence. You learn consistency. I was lost and now I am found. Do not give up. It takes time and it also takes failure. When you fail, you get back up and try again. Rest. and try again. 😌 at the end of the video you'll see me getting washed clean of the Old Meghan, which was the best moment of my life. ❤️

A post shared by Meghan Gilbert (@megsmotivationn) on Jul 18, 2017 at 5:03pm PDT

 

Lifting is not about how I look. (And yes my posing is messed up, I have a roll over my shorts, and my legs show the chubby side.❤️) I do not workout to have a nice body. I lift because it makes me stronger. It gives me a challenge to be a stronger and better me every time I walk into the doors of the gym. Within every rep, im bettering myself. What I learn in the gym, I apply to my life. It's heavy and hurts, but the next time you do that lift, you'll be stronger and it will be easier. Your muscle has to hurt and tear in order to grow. And the same goes for your life. If times are hard, keep pushing and then things will get better, and the next time this situation comes along you'll be SO much more strong and able to handle it without as much stress. I body build because it not only helps my physical health, but my mental and spiritual health as well. Growing up, I didn't have this concept about that and it has been LIFE changing❤️

A post shared by Meghan Gilbert (@megsmotivationn) on Jul 6, 2017 at 9:42am PDT

 

CONFIDENCE is not "they will like me" Confidence is "i'll be okay if they don't"

A post shared by Meghan Gilbert (@megsmotivationn) on May 25, 2017 at 4:44pm PDT

 

The girl on the left was 200 lbs of depression, anxiety, and sin. I was addicted to drugs and I partied every night. I woke up in the morning wanting to forget that I had to wake up this morning.. my life was just..sad. I hated every part of my body and being until I took one too many pills and sipped one too many drinks, waking up after 36 hours of straight sleep. Well, could be longer. When I woke up from my overdose, I saw my tattoo "walk by faith not by sight" and that's when I knew I wasn't doing life right. The Bible PREACHES LOVE! That's Jesus's commandment. So that's where I started. I loved myself. I loved the gym. I loved the hardship. I loved the pain and soreness. I loved the people around me. And most of all, I loved God. When you first start to lift weights and someone pushes you to go harder, most the time you say no I can't do that much! But then you try, and you get one Rep out. You think you can't do it, but in reality you can. It hurts. You build muscle by tearing it down... Same thing goes in life. You gain strength through hardship. You will always have gloomy times in your life, and what matters most is your mindset. Saying no, I can't do it and not trying. Or saying yes, I can do it. I will try. I won't give up, no matter how hard it is or how much it hurts. I trust You, God. After the pain and trials, you end up stronger. I started at a 5lb dumbell, and now I'm lifting a 25lb. It hurt when I first lifted that 5.. so bad. But I kept on going. To 10. It hurt. To 15. It hurt. The same goes for life. Trials are like God's gym. Building you up to prepare for what is to come next. ❤️ 80 lbs downs plus a gained mindset of strength and endurance. Clean for 2 years and one month 😊😊😊😊😊🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

A post shared by Meghan Gilbert (@megsmotivationn) on May 9, 2017 at 12:37pm PDT

 

super set these two and your arms may turn to spaghetti 😄 Resistance cable bicep curls with the bar: what I'm doing on this set is pretty much slow motion! Sometimes we find ourself just repping out really quick and not focusing on the muscle heads isolation. Squeeze at the top, hold for a few seconds and then SLOWLY release back down. Do 3x12 of these. The second exercise really gets you a pump!! Hold one arm at a 90 degree angle while repping out the other doing bicep curls. I did 5 each arm, shook it out, and then did another 5 reps each, and 3 sets of that! Tag a friend that needs to try ;)

A post shared by Meghan Gilbert (@megsmotivationn) on Mar 29, 2017 at 3:39pm PDT

 

i like Jesus, peace, nature, earth, good vibes, yoga, positivity and canna. 🙌🏼💚🌺 just wanted y'all to know.

A post shared by Meghan Gilbert (@megsmotivationn) on Feb 13, 2017 at 6:18pm PST