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\"I knew I didn’t look the same as I did before, but had I actually let myself go?\" she wrote in the post. \"Ten extra lbs and a messy bun would point to yes, but my heart screamed “HECK TO THE NO YOU HAVE NOT, GIRLFRIEND.\"

She went on, \"You haven’t let yourself go. Stop saying that. It’s rude. It’s derogatory, and it’s downright absurd. You haven’t let yourself go, you have simply let go of the need to look perfect all of the time. You have simply let go of stuff that isn’t important and traded it in for stuff that will leave a lasting legacy. You have simply let go of stuff that will last a little while, for stuff that will last for generations and generations and generations.”

\"Put on makeup when you can, get your hair did when you find the time, pamper yourself, take care of yourself, splurge on a new outfit and don’t you dare feel bad about it for one second -- just know that none of those outside things define you,\" Weatherly wrote. \"Not anymore. They aren’t you. They are things, and there is a huge difference between the two.\"

Weatherly's post, which was accompanied by a no-makeup photograph of herself posing alongside her 2-year-old daughter, garnered over 1,000 likes and hundreds of comments from mamas who said they can relate.

\"The fact that it has reached so many women, it blows me away,\" Weatherly told \"GMA.\" \"If it makes women feel encouraged and feel beautiful, I am happy that I can play that small part.”

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