Becoming a "Fit Girl" - Social Media as a Means of Fitspiration

28 days ago I embarked on the "28 Day Jumpstart" Winter Wonderland Challenge from Fit Girl's Guide.  These ladies have figured out quite the simple, cute & fun way to motivate girls to get fit via clean eating and at-home workouts.  Their Fit Girl's Guide was available for about $20 with an online code and easily downloaded to my computer, where I could view it there or on my phone.  This guide was complete with tips & tricks, grocery lists, meal prep plans, recipes, & more!  I was thoroughly impressed, but what was more impressive was the online community that has sprung from this Fit Girl revolution!

Many of the girls taking on the 28 day challenge decide to create new instagram accounts, often bearing the "fitgirl" badge somewhere in the name.  I chose to make one for myself so I could share my progress without forcing my new found "Fit Girl" lifestyle on my current friends and family.  Upon creating and sharing a few posts of my before pics & goals, I found myself swirling in a whirlwind of fitgirl likes, comments, & support.  After discovering the photo editing app "A Beautiful Mess" and realizing my talent for adorable food photos and designs, I woke up one morning to find that my Fit Girl instagram account had grown to almost 500 followers!  Fit Girl's Guide had shared one of my breakfast photos on their instagram to their 1.2 million followers and that was how I launched my new hobby as an insta-famous (as my brother calls it) Fit Girl representative (self-proclaimed)!

So now, on the last day of my 28 Day Jumpstart Challenge, I am almost 9lbs. less (which is impressive because I barely did the workouts and had many cheat meals/days), I have decided to expand my Fit Girl kingdom to the wonderful world of blogging.  The basis of my posts are easy, health recipes (because I am lazy and do not have much time to spend shopping, cooking, and prepping).  I hope you enjoy this page and my journey (and I apologize in advance if I go on public health rants here and there, it's my line of study after all).  Also, I'm not one to push products upon people, but I highly suggest you purchase a copy of the Fit Girl's Guide!

If you are interested, please follow me on instagram too!  (@fitgirl_shelby)