I started to realize that everyone goes through those doubts, and I need to try and be the best version of me I can - not only for myself but everyone around me.

Women come in all shapes and sizes, and we are what we want to be, not the label that is placed on us.

The weight loss has been a secondary change to the mental changes I have made. Weight loss does not fix problems; how you view yourself does.

I am only capable of what I allow myself to believe I can do.

Making excuses and not trying because I was scared were my go-to reactions. Nothing was going to change in my life unless I did something about it.

I am constantly trying to figure things out, and writing and decompressing is a way for me to analyze and try and grow and understand.

I can be capable of anything if I allow myself to be. I really realized what an obstacle I was being in my own life.