To be able to design for the plus-sized consumer, for me, that's just beyond. It's a dream.

We're all our own worst critics and so hard on ourselves, but for me, my biggest insecurity is my arms. I just hate the tops of them. I work out and they still never look good enough for me. So, over the years I've learned to dress to make myself feel better.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Never allow anyone to take YOUR spirit away from you.

If you're too embarrassed and want to hide behind your computer screen, that's what this is for. It's about building confidence and that's what U by Kotex does. Girls owning their bodies and health.

I live in a world where there's magazines and blogs, and people feel like they are allowed to criticize me, and in the meanest way.

I try to focus more on the positive, but it's half the time I'm getting, "Oh you're only in the gym to take a picture," and it's like, "So what the f--k, I'm in here every day, I drove an hour just to take a picture?"

If I even imagined someone talking to my husband too close, I would beat the crap out of them.