Jillian Michaels is constantly inspiring our everyday lives. Between her hilarious Instagram feed [1], out-of-breath-just-thinking-about-it workouts, and uplifting fitness mantras, the 42-year-old fitness and life coach is always keeping it real. Now, after a long and emotional week [2], Jillian is telling us exactly what we need to hear.

"When you screw up, skip a workout or eat a bad meal, it doesn't make you a bad person. It makes you human. Welcome to the club. There's like seven billion of us," she posted on Instagram [3], reminding us all that "it's about progress not perfection."

Coming from Jillian, who's essentially one of the most relevant fitness goddesses of our generation, it's incredibly powerful. In a world where we put so much pressure on ourselves to look a certain way, she's simply telling everyone that it's OK to skip a workout or have a cheat meal because "it makes you human." Perfection is not a realistic expectation, and Jillian is using her influential voice to reinforce that. Printing this out and hanging it on our walls ASAP!

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