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Here’s to the people who make enthusiasm feel contagious instead of embarrassing. Joy isn’t something to tone down.

Wave first. High-five the stranger. Laugh too hard. Celebrate the tiny wins. Happiness is one of the few things that grows when you share it. Life’s more fun when you don’t make yourself smaller.

Find the people who get bigger with you 🚀✨

🎥 @jessie_mcgraw

#happy #joy #energy #happiness #happyday taken in Auckland, New Zealand by @akaswolmol

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3 months ago

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve done a little vlog 🫣

Honestly, I was weirdly nervous to post this.

Partly because this is one very chaotic Monday and I know the internet loves to form immediate opinions 💀 but also because while this page is MOLLYDFIT…fitness actually isn’t my whole life.

I mostly share training, racing, gym things, and general side quest behaviour because that’s what this account was built around…but there’s also a whole 9–5 corporate girl version of me that I don’t really show much of 👩🏼‍💻🤝🏼

So consider this your official introduction to my LinkedIn alter ego.

Also quick shoutout to my physio @physioconnectltd genuinely one of the biggest reasons I’ve been able to train, recover, and keep doing the things I love. Dry needling may feel mildly offensive in the moment, but the man knows what he’s doing 😂🤝🏼

Before the overtraining committee assembles:
This is one Monday. Not every Monday 😂

Some weeks are bigger.
Some weeks are lighter.
Some days I train twice.
Some days recovery is the session.
Some days my body says “absolutely not” and we pivot.

The goal isn’t always doing more.
It’s learning when to push and when to pull back.

That said…this particular Monday was deeply committed to extracurricular activities.

Workout of the morning:
5 rounds:
• 250m row
• DB push press @ 15kg
• Farmer carries @ 32kg kettlebells
• 25 wall balls @ 6kg

Then shoulders, Olympic pools, peak hour therapy, and Hainan chicken because balance.

#vlog #vloglife #vlogsquad #balance #fitness taken in Auckland, New Zealand by @akaswolmol

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5 months ago

LISTEN UP MY FRIENDS!!! 🗣️ Two years ago, you genuinely couldn’t have paid me to wear shorts. I wore leggings EVERYWHERE. Every run, every workout, every race. And if you’d told me back then that I’d be running around in tiny shorts doing all the things I do now, I would’ve laughed in your face 😂 Looking back, I’m so bloody proud of how far I’ve come 🥹 But here’s the thing, nothing magical happened. I didn’t wake up with a new pair of legs or suddenly stop caring what people thought of me.

I started wearing shorts in places where nobody knew me, then slowly began finding the courage to wear them closer to home. Sometimes I eased myself into it, other times I threw myself straight in the deep end 😂 It wasn’t always comfortable, and it certainly wasn’t a straight line, but honestly, it was exposure therapy. I did the scary thing, then I did it again. And again. And having people around me who made me feel safe, encouraged me and reminded me I was so much more than my insecurities made a WORLD of difference.

And PLEASE don’t mistake this for me having it all figured out. Some days I put on the tiny shorts and feel bloody fantastic. Other days I want to hide. It’s easy to tell someone to “just stop caring what others think”, but there’s no magical switch. I’m still a work in progress, and those thoughts still creep in, but they don’t get to make every decision for me anymore.

So whether it’s wearing the shorts, putting yourself out there or doing something you’ve convinced yourself you couldn’t, I hope this reminds you that you CAN. You don’t have to wait until you feel completely confident to start. Find your safe people, start small and keep showing up for yourself. Wear the damn shorts. And if today feels too hard, try again tomorrow 💛

#weartheshorts #selflove #confidence #happy #doit taken in Auckland, New Zealand by @akaswolmol

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4 days ago

World Mental Health Day was yesterday, but the conversation shouldn’t end when the day does 💛

I’ve been the loud friend, the happy friend, the one who gets embarrassingly excited about absolutely everything. And for much of my life, I’ve also been that same person while quietly navigating some of my hardest moments. I’ve spent years showing up with a smile when there was so much going on behind it. More recently, I’ve learnt that I don’t always have to be okay, and that there’s strength in being honest about that too. If there’s one thing those experiences have taught me, it’s that you truly have no idea what someone else is carrying. The person making everyone laugh might be struggling to find their own happiness. The person checking in on everyone else might be desperately hoping someone checks in on them. And the person who seems to have it all together might be doing everything they can just to get through the day.

We all have things going on behind the scenes that the world doesn’t see. So be kind. Be generous with your encouragement. Celebrate people loudly. Check in on your people, including the ones who always seem okay. Make someone laugh. Make them feel seen. And when someone doesn’t have the energy to be positive, let them know they don’t have to be. You won’t always be able to change someone’s circumstances, but you might just change how alone they feel in them.

I’ve always believed that if you have the opportunity to lift someone up, you should take it. It costs so little to be someone’s encouragement, to remind them of their worth, or to leave them feeling a little lighter than you found them. You might never know the difference you’ve made, but that doesn’t mean you haven’t made one. Life’s heavy enough already, let’s not add to the weight someone is carrying.

Always be a forklift 🚜💥🤟🏼

#happy #mentalhealth #happiness #joy #motivation taken in Auckland, New Zealand by @akaswolmol

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7 days ago

Too much energy? Perfect. There are enough people playing it cool 🙅🏼‍♀️😎

Be embarrassingly enthusiastic about your life. Get excited about the little things. Laugh loudly. Dance badly. Hype people up. Celebrate the wins. Say yes to the silly idea. Care deeply and never be embarrassed to show it.

Life is too short to ration your energy just to make yourself easier to digest. Please don’t let people with zero spark convince you you’re too much fire.

There is enough heaviness in the world. Any joy you can find is a win, and any joy you can pass on to somebody else is an even bigger one. Be the person whose energy makes other people feel like they can be a little more themselves too.

Bring the chaos. Enjoy your life loudly. Being happy is nothing to be embarrassed about ☀️

#joy #happy #run #happiness #sun taken in Auckland, New Zealand by @akaswolmol

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10 days ago

This one means a little more 🥹💗

There’s so much I could say about what it’s like watching someone you love go through breast cancer, but this is only my perspective of a chapter that ultimately belongs to Mum. We were incredibly lucky that it became exactly that, a chapter, and now we get to look back on it, talk about it and even celebrate how far she’s come.

Something that really got me was the Empowered Sports Bra. Since her surgeries, finding a bra that actually works for her body and that she feels comfortable in has been something Mum has struggled with for years. She’s been looking for something like this for SO long, and when she realised what LSKD had created and got to order one for herself, she teared up 🥹 And obviously that meant I did too. It’s one of those things I probably never would have thought twice about before breast cancer touched our lives, all the little realities that can still be there long after treatment ends. So to see something created with the people actually impacted by this in mind felt really bloody special.

Thank you @lskd for letting me share something so close to us and, most importantly, for letting me spoil my number one supporter 🥹🫶🏼🎀

And let this serve as your reminder too: have a feel. Know your normal 💕💖🌸💝💞🐷👙💘🐽👚💕🩷👛🎟️🦩🩷

#breastcancerawareness #happy #journey #mum #breastcancer taken in Auckland, New Zealand by @akaswolmol

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18 days ago

I remember someone saying to me a long time ago that you should speak to yourself the way you’d speak to your four-year-old self. I would never put her down. I would hype her up, remind her of all the things that make her special and want her to feel like she could take on the world. So why should that change just because we get older?

Trying to be a little softer with myself lately. I know I’m so much more than my appearance, but unfortunately we all have insecurities and things we pick apart.

Maybe you needed the reminder too 🤍

#selflove #bekindtoyourself #kindness #loveyourself taken in Auckland, New Zealand by @akaswolmol

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19 days ago

Nothing special, just a girl very happy she can be out running 🥹

Pre-run procrastination + rituals: 2 hours
Actual run: 2 hours
Post-run recovery + treats: 2+ hours

Today’s long-run inventory:
Carbs: @goldencrumpetsnz always 🤝🏼
Hydration: @dr.hydrate raspberry. Currently working my way through the flavours I was sent and raspberry was a BIG yes
Shoes: @asicsnz Superblast 2. Big fan because I love a firmer shoe
Fit: @lskd @lskd.aotearoa
Accessories: @apple Watch, AirPods + phone (duh)
Attitude: Aggressively optimistic for someone about to run for two hours 🤟🏼
Then add @redbullnz yellow, Deep Heat, Vaseline, hairspray, warm-up and we’re FINALLY out the door 😭

And arguably the most important part…the post-run goodness 🤤 Current hyperfixation is the @gongcha_nz passionfruit slushie, followed by a sauna + spa. Elite little Sunday if you ask me 🤝🏼

#running #run #happy #motivation #runner taken in Auckland, New Zealand by @akaswolmol

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20 days ago

A little appreciation post for one of my favourite people, Chiefy 🫶🏼

The same people you go through the trenches with make the wins together that much better. Grateful for you always.

Big things loading. Watch this space 👀

Chieeeeeef

If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry

Negotiations with dead ball

No thoughts, just watts

This is prohibididooooo…Panthers 🫳🏼🫳🏼

The saxophones were LOUD taken in Panthers by @akaswolmol

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22 days ago

It’s interesting how easily someone else’s words can become your own if you let them. How one opinion can have you questioning things you don’t usually question, or seeing yourself through a lens that was never yours in the first place.

A little reminder I’ve needed lately: Not every opinion deserves investigating, and not everything someone says about you is yours to carry. Sometimes what someone says about you tells you far more about the lens they’re looking through than it ever will about who you are.

Take a step back, look at what you know to be true, surround yourself with good people and put your energy into the things that make you feel most like you.

The more you focus on the good, the better the good gets. And there is so much good 💛

#choosejoy #confidence #perspective taken in Auckland, New Zealand by @akaswolmol

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23 days ago

This is a pretty rare and real post for me. I’ve actually always been pretty good at keeping how small my body is out of the equation. I train because I love seeing what my body can do. I eat because I need to fuel that and I love food. Strong, capable and performing well has always mattered a hell of a lot more to me than being skinny.

But recently, I’ve caught a few thoughts creeping in that aren’t normally part of my internal dialogue.

Maybe I should eat a little less. Maybe I don’t look as good because I’m not as small. Feeling uncomfortable when clothes don’t fit quite like they used to. Looking at a photo and noticing the way my stomach folds before noticing how happy I look.

So these are some of the conversations I’ve been having with myself when those thoughts show up. Not because I suddenly have the perfect answer to body image, but because I don’t want a narrative about being smaller to become more important than everything I already know I value.

I care about what my body can do. I want to fuel it. I want to enjoy food without guilt. I want to rest without feeling like I need to earn it. I want to take the photo, wear the outfit and be too busy actually living my life to spend it trying to make myself smaller.

Maybe skinny is trending again, I just don’t want it trending in my own head 🤝🏼 taken in Auckland, New Zealand by @akaswolmol

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a month ago

Not saying everyone needs to be getting up at bloody 4am to chase their goals 😂 Please sleep. Please have a life. Please do not make this your entire personality.

There was absolutely a Molly who used to get up at 4am, train twice a day and think doing more was always better. I maintained that for an impressively long time 😂 but funnily enough, I’m now performing better than ever because I’ve learnt that recovery, sleep and actually looking after myself are part of the plan too.

BUT there are still days where chasing something you really want requires a bit of sacrifice. And I’m allowed to be proud of my discipline when life gets busy and I still find a way to keep the promises I’ve made to myself.

Today was one of those days. Easy run to get done, early morning coaching straight into an early physio appointment, then into the office. I know my schedule and I know myself…after getting needled, I’ll be too sore tonight to pretend that run is happening 😂

So I looked at the day and made a plan. It would’ve been very easy to decide today just “didn’t work” and skip it. Instead: early alarm. Run before coaching. Stick to the plan.

Because sometimes making it work means doing the inconvenient thing. Not every day. Not at the expense of recovery. But on the days where the schedule is hectic and there IS a way to make it work? Sometimes you make the sacrifice for future you.

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail and all that 🫡

So yeah, future Molly can look back at this one and say fuck yeah. Nice, Molly. You did the thing 🤟🏼 taken in Auckland, New Zealand by @akaswolmol

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