Weight Loss and Boudoir: Why You Don't Need to Lose Weight Before Your Session | Bolivar, MO. Boudoir Photography

I hear it all the time, "I want to lose weight before I book a boudoir session". Heck I've even said it myself before! Most of us have a few extra pounds that we would like to lose in order to feel sexy and confident... and it's not your fault that you feel this way.

Today, I'm here to tell you why you should just do the dang thing - why you don't need to lose weight before your boudoir session.

Weight is something our society fixates on. The media works as hard as it can to condition us to believe in what a "perfect" body looks like so that they can sell us their weight loss plans and products - all in the name of helping us be beautiful, of course.

Family makes comments when we eat too much or too little, when we gain or lose a few pounds, etc. From childhood to adulthood - we have heard comments made about our weight. (P.S. Let's be the generation to crush our own body image issues and break this cycle!)

Considering all of this, it's no wonder we worry about our weight.

Over my years of photographing women, I've had many book using their session as a motivational tool for their weight loss journey. And while that is great, some of time they find that they haven't met their goal or they did meet their goal but don't feel happy with their body. And this is where I tell you that being happy in your own skin has much more to do with how you perceive yourself than what you actually look like.

And this is why you should just do it. Regardless of where you are.

Because what you have been shown and told your whole life is a lie. Sometimes, what we see in the mirror - is a lie.

Because you are beautiful and I mean, REALLY beautiful - just as you are.

The human body is an INCREDIBLE thing. And here yours is, keeping you alive, looking amazing, and begging you to love it a little more.

Your value nor beauty decrease based on your weight or size - or anything else for that matter.

I have never worked with a woman who wasn't absolutely beautiful and I've never met a curve I didn't get excited about (honestly, you'll hear me let out a little EEEEKK! when we get you into a pose that was made for you! It's so exciting!). But whether you are a size 0 or plus size, the beauty you possess has nothing to do with a number.

I'm not going to pretend like these beliefs you have taken on as truth are easy to overcome - most of the time they are not. But if you can challenge your idea of "beauty", I promise there is a whole new world waiting for you on the other side.

That's what I love about boudoir - it allows us to see the parts of ourselves that we don't get to see day to day. It shows us new perspectives and can let us see ourselves in a different light. It gives us confidence, and that confidence helps us to be the people we are meant to be.

No matter where you are on this journey of loving the skin you're in - I hope you find the courage to start embracing your beauty and confidence TODAY instead of waiting until tomorrow.

I hope you walk with your shoulders back and head held high.

Because you deserve that.

Because you are a work of art.

And if you don't believe that yet, let's change that.

xoxo

Mackenzie