What are your best qualities?
I love my heart for service. I love that I am optimistic and always looking on the bright side even during the toughest of times. I love that I am a team-player and do my best to get along with all different kinds of people. I love that I go above and beyond for others.
Do you have any undesirable qualities?
I’m so self-critical. I am truly my worst enemy and sometimes I let my own doubts and fears limit my potential.
What are your most afraid of right now?
I’m afraid of never being good enough. Even worse, I’m afraid that my fear of never being good enough will only hurt me in the future.
What do you love most about your body?
I love my curves and my thickness.
What about yourself are you working on loving more?
I’m working on loving my tummy more and embracing my thickness.
Tell us the story about your stretch marks and scars…
When I went away to college, I started gaining weight rapidly. I wasn’t as active as I was in high school because I was no longer playing year-round sports and I started to develop an unhealthy relationship with food. I started gaining most of my weight in my stomach area and that is when the stretch marks started popping up. I was a bit shocked when I looked in the mirror one day and saw all of these marks on my stomach. I tried diet after diet trying to lose weight so that the stretch marks would go away...even spent hours at a time in the gym trying to shed the weight. This was a draining time in my life because I wanted my body to go back to how it was when I was a teenager. Looking back now, I am in a much better mind set. I know that my stretch marks may not always be accepted by others, but they are mine and a part of who I am. I love my stretch marks.