# @maddyforberg on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B-r0n1cAAam
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13376730-maddyforberg-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/eb6a129a27.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-04-07T15:29:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Maddy Forberg (@maddyforberg) — https://gondola.cc/maddyforberg

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TAKE UP SPACE! Prettiness/skinniness/etc is not the rent you pay to exist in this space. ⁣⁣
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I’ve spent a long time shrinking, believing “if I was just ____ then I’ll be happy”. I believed that if I looked a certain way my life would flip and I’d no longer be an alone, depressed kid- maybe THEN I’d have all these friends, I’d be in love, I’d have my grades together, etc. I convinced myself that MAYBE I was so unhappy because I was LAZY. ⁣⁣
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I got to 88lbs and all I had was more sadness and an aching stomach. All my energy was spent thinking of food, of how to burn it off, how to convince my family I was okay. I lost the weight and I was too tired do all the things I wanted to. ⁣⁣
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Powerlifting allowed me to look at food as a resource to enable my strength and prioritize my health. I am more than a body, I’m more than a wage, more than a degree.⁣⁣
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It’s easy to get consumed in this fitness world and forget what we sought out for in the first place.⁣⁣
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You don’t need look a certain way to be a good sibling, good (dog) parent, friend, lover, citizen. ⁣⁣
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It’s great to have goals with good intentions, but sometimes we need to pause from all the reaching and realize what’s in front of us.🐾⁣ #takeupspace ⁣ #edawareness #fuckskinny 
Pants by fleoshorts ! These are new and super soft:)

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fuckskinny, takeupspace, edawareness

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