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.