I have been following Nicole Mejia on Instagram for the past six years, and in that time,

I've watched her evolve from fashion model to fitness instructor to the entrepreneur behind the

lifestyle brand Lully.

She's a leader in a larger movement that's about embracing the body you're in and challenging

us to rethink what it means to be happy and healthy.

Nicole, how fun to see you after all these years.

Thank you so much for having me.

So exciting to be here.

You've built an empire in the blink of an eye.

It's been six years, girl.

It's not been a big of an eye.

But thank you.

Thank you.

So you've just rebranded, but I think most of us know you for the original brand, which was fit and thick.

So let's start there.

What does it mean to be fit and thick?

Yeah, so fit and thick originally started when I was at this crossroads in my own life.

I was getting a lot of feedback about my body when I was at this crossroads in my own life. I was getting a lot of feedback about my body

when I was modeling on Instagram. And people were like, your legs are too big. Your boobs are

too small. You have too much cellulite on your butt. I kind of came to this place where I was like,

okay, I can either accept my body or I can conform to what these people's

standards of beauty are. Strangers on the internet? Oh, yeah, that's the way it goes. You know. You know

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