Colorblock Dress With Solid Insets

You can find this dress here: Colorblock Dress With Solid Insets

This dress is just okay. I absolutely had to add a ribbon to it because it just hung on me otherwise.  This ribbon does not come with the dress.  I liked it better with the ribbon but I would definitely size down. I posted 3 pics with the ribbon and one without.  I would size down because it hung really loosely on my waist and in my chest and there was lots of room in my hips. The skirt had a super fun swing to it once I got the waist under control, but the pattern wasn't my favorite.  The black blocks in the underarms looked funny, not slimming. Not a buy or recloset for me... but it was fun to try on for the day.

My measurements in this dress are: 
Height: 5'5"

Weight: 254

Chest: 45.5

Waist: 40.5

Hips: 54.75

Thigh: 32

Arm: 13.75
Pant Size: 18
Shirt Size: 1x
Dress Size in Photo: 2x

Short-Sleeve Lace A-Line Dress

You can find this dress here: Short-Sleeve Lace A-Line Dress 

I didn't originally like this when I put this dress on, but I pulled it together with a belt I had at home and liked it much better. It was super comfortable, and although it's a little shorter than what I am used to, it didn't blow up with the wind and didn't ride up when you sat down. My only reason for not buying it is because the lace overlay snags really easily. It was great to wear once but there's no way I could handle the upkeep up this dress long-term. 

My measurements in this dress are: 
Height: 5'5"

Weight: 254

Chest: 45.5

Waist: 40.5

Hips: 54.75

Thigh: 32

Arm: 13.75
Pant Size: 18
Shirt Size: 1x
Dress Size in Photo: 2x

Purpose

I started my weight loss journey at 295 pounds and a size 24. It was very difficult to find clothing that made me feel beautiful and look feminine, powerful, and confident. I began making concerted efforts to lose weight in March 2013. I had lost ~15 pounds when my husband deployed in July 2013. By the time he got home in January 2014I had lost an additional 35 lbs.  It has been a constant struggle, but I work hard on a daily basis to put the right things in my mouth and get my butt outside in this beautiful Hawaiian weather to exercise and become a healthier me.

I volunteer in an office that requires a business professional dress code. I was tired of wearing my same old too-big-for-me dress pants, so when I started working seasonally at the Navy Exchange, I signed up for Gwynnie Bee.  It is similar to Netflix but for clothing.  Minorly expensive, maybe, but absolutely worth the $80/month to swap out 3 items at a time. You get steep discounts on items you want to keep, and they pay for shipping - which is wonderful for people like me here in HI who have to pay shipping on everything.

So, I have never been shy about my measurements or my weight, so I am going to post my styles with my weight, measurements, and size so I can help other ladies find their right sizes/styles and inspire them to feel beautiful in any body they were in. I could not start losing weight until I felt beautiful in my size 24. I am now a size 18 and still working - not to be thin, but to be STRONG, tone, confident, and healthy.

This is meant to empower women - large or small. Size 10 or 32 - to feel as beautiful as they are.  Be confident and love yourself - THAT is what's beautiful.