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Almost 50. Fitness • Fun • Faith 🌿🖤
Living soft, talking real & evolving out loud
Essays for women over 40
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✨What I’ve realized in my 40s…
The power I pour into myself first—physically, mentally, spiritually—hits different 💪🏾🧘🏾‍♀️🙏🏾.
When you prioritize YOU, you become the best version of yourself. Period.

So sis, lace up those sneakers, lift that weight, take that walk—whatever it is, just move. Your 40s can be your fittest, fiercest years yet 🙌🏾🔥

#fitnessjourney #bestversionofyou #fitover40 #creed #gymmotivation #gym #womenover40 #fitness #strengthtraining #fitnessjourney #fitnessmotivation #fitover40 #explore #explore #explorepage✨ #exploremore #instagramreels #fitnessreels #blackgirlworkout #creed #michaelbjordan #michaelbjordanedit by @latashamitchell

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100-lb sandbag toss for conditioning… because apparently cardio wasn’t enough. 😂💪🏾

All I’m saying is… if you run up on me, my body might go straight into muscle memory. 😭😂

#StrongAt49 #SandbagTraining #Conditioning #WomenWhoLift #GymHumor taken in Charlotte, North Carolina by @latashamitchell

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What I look like giving up TODAY… when TOMORROW might be the day I WIN?! 😮‍💨💪🏾

Nah. We keep showing up. 🔥

#KeepGoing #FitnessMotivation #StrongAt49 #DontQuit #ConsistencyWins WomenWhoLift taken in Charlotte, North Carolina by @latashamitchell

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Tried to get a cute food pic at Touché… but them grits said, “Girl, be serious.” 😂, I got hungry and dug into them grits before the camera could eat first. 😂🤷🏾‍♀️

So yeah… this ain’t gonna be one of those photogenic brunch posts. The food was giving, and I had priorities..” 😭😂 However Touché is a must!!!

#charlotte #touche #brunchtime #brunch #charlottenc taken in Touche Restaurant & Lounge by @latashamitchell

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I really just came on here to show off my 90s-inspired fit… but since I’m here, let me remind y’all: THE 90s ATE. PERIOD. 😂🔥

The music? Better.
The fashion? Better.
The vibes? UNMATCHED.
And we actually had to go outside to find our friends. 😂

No Wi-Fi. No social media. Just vibes, CDs, landlines, and being told to have your butt home before them streetlights came on. 😂🙌🏾

I’m just blessed I got to experience the ORIGINAL version. Y’all can recreate the fits, sample the music, and bring the trends back…

But BABY… you had to be there. 😌💅🏾

#90sBaby #youhadtobethere #90sVibes #90sfashion #90s taken in Charlotte, North Carolina by @latashamitchell

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Lord… 17 YEARS OF MARRIAGE! 😂❤️Happy Anniversary

We met in 2005, so we’ve been doing life together for over 20 years. We’ve survived different versions of ourselves, changing bodies, changing attitudes, plenty of disagreements, and a whole lot of “what do you want to eat?” 😂

Through it all, the foundation has always been friendship. We may not always like each other 😂, but we love each other, respect what we’ve built, and still choose each other.

Marriage isn’t about never going through it—it’s about finding someone worth going through it WITH.

A whole lot of life, love, laughter, and grace later… that’s still my friend. ❤️

Happy Anniversary, babe. We made it another year without putting each other out. 😂❤️ #happyanniversary #marriage #marriedlife #blacklove #blackmarriage taken in Charlotte, North Carolina by @latashamitchell

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POV: Why strengthen training at 49? 🤔

Because I’m not training to look younger. I’m training to move better, live better, and stay STRONG. 💪🏾🔥

🏋🏾‍♀️ Strength training for muscle
💪🏾 Upper body for total-body strength
⚖️ Balance work for stability

Strong legs. Strong upper body. Better balance. More power.

At 49, the goal isn’t younger—it’s stronger, capable, and independent. Period. 😏🔥

#FitAt49 #StrongOver40 #Plyometrics #StrengthTraining #HealthyAging taken in Charlotte, North Carolina by @latashamitchell

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Back in the lab. 🧪💪🏾

49 and feeling GOOD. Stronger, wiser, and still putting in the work.

At this age, I’m not training to look younger—I’m training to stay strong, capable, and ready for whatever life brings.

49 looks good on me… but strong feels even better. 🔥

#49AndStrong #backinthelab #midlifefitness #StrengthTraining #progressiveoverload taken in Charlotte, North Carolina by @latashamitchell

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🍂 Not every friendship ends with a fight.

Some friendships don’t break. They drift. Shorter calls. Fewer texts. A heart emoji instead of a call. Then one day you realize you don’t know her life anymore, and she doesn’t know yours.

I used to call that failure. In my 40s, I call it a season.

📖 Full article on My Substack. Link in bio.

Some friendships are built for one chapter. When the chapter ends, the friendship sometimes does too. And sometimes it faded because you grew, because you started unbecoming the woman who said yes to everything and began to take up space. That’s nothing to apologize for.

Keep the gratitude. Release the guilt. Leave the door unlocked, even if it isn’t open.

That kind of ending deserves grace too. 🤍

Is there a friendship that faded without a goodbye? What would you say to her now?

#UnbecomingSeries #LessonsLearnedInMy40s #TakeUpSpace #WomenOver40 #GrownWomanEnergy FriendshipGrief ProtectYourPeace taken in Charlotte, North Carolina by @latashamitchell

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This is your sign to walk into EVERY room like you own that MF. 😮‍💨🔥

No shrinking. No second-guessing. No waiting for permission.

You belong there. Act like it. 💅🏾

#OwnTheRoom #MainCharacterEnergy #walkinyourpower #Confidence #unapologetic by @latashamitchell

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🎉Chapter 49: I’m still becoming. ✨

One thing I know for sure: reinvention is part of a life well lived.

At 49, I don’t need to have everything figured out. I’m still allowed to change my mind, dream new dreams, become a beginner again and discover new versions of myself.

I thank God for every woman I’ve been because each one carried me to this one.

And this version? Oh, I really like her. ❤️

Happy 49th birthday to me. 🎂
sunnies are @dezi

#happybirthdaytome #grateful #birthday #libra #womenover40 taken in Charlotte, North Carolina by @latashamitchell

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🎉🎊Happy Birthday to Me!!! 49. 🎂 And if I know anything for sure, I know that God has been good to me.

Not because every year was easy. Not because everything happened the way I planned. But because through every version of me—the growing, the healing, the becoming, the starting over—God kept me.

Today, I’m not counting what I don’t have or worrying about what comes next. I’m simply saying thank You, God, for allowing me to see another year.

49 years of life.
49 years of lessons.
49 years of grace.

And I am so incredibly grateful to be here. ❤️

#happybirthdaytome #grateful #birthday #godsgrace #libra taken in Charlotte, North Carolina by @latashamitchell

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