Erica, I’m a single, black 32 year old with no children struggling with depression but I connect with you so much ! Your personality and channel give me so much joy.Beautiful family as well. Have seen all of your videos and I love how far you’ve come on your “minimalish” journey ! . love Tara
I’m also living a very different life than her and I love her videos too. I’m so grateful she shares so honestly. It’s inspiring and encouraging. Challenging but never condemning.
Tara, don't ever give up on feeling better and know that you are never alone. I've struggled for the last 25 years or so and it does get better. I depend on the right combo of meds, therapy and good routines. You have to do what's best for you. Just remember to start the day with something to be grateful for. Even if it's just a cup of coffee. I'm here to listen if you need someone. 💕 Ps I'm on Instagram as Leviad123 if you want to dm me.😊
I am so excited for you! Hooray, belt progress! The only color that doesn't seem deep enough for you is the pale green top. You look really good in richer tones.
I don't know if you'll ever see this, but just want to say that I just love how you seem to comfortable in your own skin and I love how you are just always your authentic silly self. I really admire that. It inspires me to just be myself, be comfortable with myself and put myself out there for others to see without fear.
Yes, to your “summer” top paired with your brown sweater. I think that will look great on you! Your dress with the leggings and brown sweater look terrific on you!! Congratulations on your health journey!! You look GREAT!!!
oh my goodness, yes the dress with the belt! I think you should tighten it another notch! You are doing an amazing job with your health!! I love your enthusiasm!
Love how you are working on your "concerns", "issues", "challenges" Yes, human beings can learn, grow, change after 25yoa! All possibilities are options until we shut down on being open to change. Even at 90 we can accommodate new info and make better choices! THERE IS HOPE
Awww look at how far you’ve come!!! You go girl!!! So I think you look younger in the vneck shirts. The navy w flowers with the founcy ruffle around the waist wins hands down for younger look. Imho, I would suggest picking up more like that rather than the banded at bottom shirts and rounded neck. Also the navy v neck dress with more princess waist closer to breasts is a real winner for me. Makes you thinner and younger. Definitely stay with autumn colors. The coral and rusts look awesome on you as well probably a more sage green rather than mint greens. A friend convinced me to toss all my baggier sweaters and go with thinner sweater material and much shorter length. After looking at several pictures of myself I realized more baggy read older and heavier. Once I went to the lighter weight sweaters I look slimmer and more polished. I also changed to all quarter length sleeves to add more height. However you do you. Just my thoughts. Hugs from Ohio! 💜🌸
I agree. I actually prefer it to many of the other shirts. It gives a more flattering shape. I expect some of that was the quick changes though. And I love the dress you are pulling forward with the belt and cardigan.
When you cried, I cried. I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again. I simply adore your personality and how real you allow yourself to be on camera. 💛
I hear ya on your health journey, I’m right there with you!! High blood pressure pushed me to get it going, I’ve only lost 6 lbs, but I’m so excited to hear your progress, it’s such an encouragement to keep me going ♥️
First .. I needed a tissue alert :) (I'm a sympathy crier) Take a brown hair tie and put it on your belt and use it to hold the flapping piece in place. I do this with several of my belts. Yes on the top you aren't sure if you can take it into fall...it looked great with the blazer and I also think it would look great with your chunky cardigan and a pair of jeans. Yes on the dress into fall with the leggings...it's super cute and if you love it ..do it. :)
Big YES to the summer dress with leggings outfit! The whole thing paired with the belt and cardigan looks so good! I would even suggest moving the belt up a bit, above where the "fall" of the dress starts so it doesn't get cut off by the belt. I have been subscribed since the beginning of your journey and you look so much happier now, you're just glowing!
Agree on moving the belt up. I think the main reason that navy blue dress looks SO amazing on her is because it ties in right on the natural waist and shows it off! I've only been watching all her videos for the last month or so, but i looooove seeing all the progress she made this past year in many aspects of life. Great job, Erica! 💪
There are a lot of fun things in the world, but I recently lost a significant amount of weight and regained a lot of health and it is the first fall in years that I have completely enjoyed prepping the wardrobe! 90° today- so the sweaters are happily waiting in my minimal closet!
Blouse at 8:33 looks perfect for fall even by itself! You look amazing in those blazers. I would try that wide belt (that you went down a notch in) around your tops and even tops and cardigans. It will give you the same shape the as the blazers you look so good in. Go ahead and replace that cream, cozy cardigan! You can wear it around the house, but treat yourself to one that fits you better.💕 Also pair that belt with the orange/rust colored dress! You look beautiful in purple!💜 The blue dress is to die for on you! That neckline is very flattering on you! Consider more v-necks!
I think you can totally pull the flowered shirt into fall! It’s really pretty and I just bought one similar from Old Navy the other day that is meant for fall.
When the hem of the shirt is more fitted, the style is called blouson. Congratulations on your successes with your health journey. I'd love to see videos about what you are doing for your health. Yes to the summer dress with leggings and to the summer blouse!
Ive been undoing the elastic in the sides of my bouson shirt so i can still wear it. Last summer (im in australia) it looked good. This summer with my weight gain i fill the pouff and it looks terrible. Im teetering on being motivated enough to get back to healthier eating. But meanwhile thats a shirt i dont have to replace.
That gorgeous velvet coat with the chiffon lining, looks lovely on you. Several years ago, I had some health issues, and one day, I randomly came across a RU-vid video by Gary Yourofsky, called the Best Speech You Will Ever Hear. Now, I had a reason to change my eating habits, and I did. I feel better and look better. I love eating healthy, now and I have no more health issues. I love your inspiration and enthusiastic vibe. Thank you.
I don't have "seasonal" clothes. I wear short sleeve shirts with cardigans when it gets cold. I used to work in an office which was hot in the winter and cold in the summer, so cardigans and short sleeve shirts were worn year round. I think you should wear what you want whenever you want!
Yeah, thats great if you live down south. But when its -30 outside and you “want” to wear shorts, you will probably get frostbite. So, I have a seasonal wardrobe. Its for warmth, not fashion. In the far north winter fashion is a parka.
Stephanie Holladay Johnson I do switch to shorts in summer and wear pants the rest of the year. I do get a lot of snow where I live and it has dropped to negative 17 in the winter.
Well done on your journey. Definitely yes to using "summer" clothes in your autumn wardrobe. They look great, including brown leggings with the blue blazer.
As a nurse, I would strongly continue to encourage those interested to contact either your life coach or any other health/life coach. Encouragement and support, (even when its paid for) can help tremendously towards positive health changes! Its hard to do it alone.
Gotta tell you this is the best "fashion show" I've seen in a long time. You look great in everything! I cried with you when your belt notch changed. I know how happy that would make me. It is so refreshing to hear someone who looks more like me and not super glam say I feel prettier! That's what it's about. How it makes you feel. Congratulations on your journey to health!💕💕💕🎉🎊 Ps. Yes to blue leggings and that coral top is definitely your color. 😊
You go, girl! I have enjoyed your total journey. I did my share of binge watching to catch up on all you’ve done this past year. You are lovely and very relatable.
Oh my gosh the music is AMAZING with this...congratulations on going down a notch!!! 😲 Also, candy corn is GROSS! 🤣 I think this is the first time I’ve ever disagreed with you.
Candy corn is pure sugar, but I love it too. I don't buy it because it's too tempting. But I'll take a few if someone has some sitting out in a candy dish. 😊
Good thing you got support-dog there to help you. ^^ Really cute fall outfit. ETA: The diet is about 80% what gives result when it comes to weight loss. (Diet as in food consumtion, not the stupid magazine diet fads). Diet 80%, training 20%, way of thinking 110%.
Try your belt on your brown dress/ rust long sweater outfit. Also, brown and navy go great together so wear your velvet coat with your brown leggings and your boots for that Ralph Lauren equestrian look! Looking great Erica Lucas!!!
You are a beautiful woman, wife, and Mother. Your insight on your health journey combined with your minimalism successes in so many areas, have really inspired me esp. during a time of a chaotic, upside-down world. You are a true delight and a ray of sunshine throughout my mundane days of quarantine🌸
Congratulations Erica! Your transperacy including your excitement and tears is beautiful. Your transformation has been amazing. Keep moving forward in your healing journey. ❤️
You look prettier too! Your inner confidence is shining out through your beautiful skin and hair. I wrote the first line at the start of your video; now after watching it all, I want to say "Bravo"! You are so refreshingly open and honest as you share your struggles on this "minimalish" journey. You must have helped hundreds of women to find a balanced lifestyle in their home, their finances, their health, their appearance, their confidence! I love how you are learning to accept the different stages as you pass through them on this journey. TTT - things take time!
Ok can we just take a moment to congratulate you for getting your health in check 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💗 I know how hard it is as I am going through the same issues. Great job!! Keep it up!! Much love!! 🥰 (Nice job on the fashion show ☺️👌🏻”strike a pose” 😆)
Hello Erica- so pleased for the healthier you! I really loved the navy wardrobe choices you sported, and the more fitted jackets - they show off your slimming waistline! All the best, kind friend. Carol
Thank you Erica for hanging out with us on this collaboration. This was fun. I am so happy that your health journey is making you more confident in your clothes. I love the boots and the skirt and the jacket / Cardigans . I still can’t seem to find my style. I need to do that color thing.
Hi Erica, I wanted to give you a 🤗. Dresses are great on you, love the colours, especially the brown cardigan over your base top. All your shirts are fabulous on you and the summer pieces are great put with the items you choose. The green shirt... you said the sleeves are a bit tight...in my opinion it is the one item that isn’t fancying you. I think it is the tone of green. I love your energy, enthusiasm and fun, also that you are not pretending to be a fashion guru. ‘Ok I’ll try it on’ ...you heard me. 😂😂😂👍👍👍
Erica, you made me cry! Loved especially the moment you saw concrete evidence of your progress...the belt!!! Yaaay!!! I love watching you grow in confidence as you keep moving forward on this journey. You are so inspiring, dear. Keep going, you’re taking many of us with you ♥️
I’m so happy for you! I can just feel your energy coming through the screen!! I think you could put the notch down one more in your belt, honestly. Or, put the belt around the cardigan too to cinch in your waist some more! Also, the brown belt will look SO cute with that super cute orange dress with the pretty dark red cardigan!
Have I told you how much I just love you???!!!! You always make me laugh and give me that happy feeling. Your confidence and zest for life is contagious. I love how you try to find the fun in every task and situation. I JUST love you!!!!
Seriously my favorite RU-vidr. So real! Love ya! Hey I suggest you put all your clothes on one side with your dresses. I think you like that it’s all together and I think it’ll work since you have less clothing. That way your things are on one side of the closet and Andy has his own space. I think it’ll look more cohesive. Idk whatever works for you, girl. 👍❤️
I say keep the summer top in your fall wardrobe. That's what layers are all about. It makes your wardrobe more versatile and, as you said, means you can use more of your wardrobe throughout different seasons. Well done to you and for the notch movement on your belt.
You are rocking all of these!! We truly are our own worst critics. Beauty absolutely comes from within. "Attractiveness" varies so much, depending upon the region and time period. I am turning 55 next month, and by way of background, I have lived in five U.S. states, attended an exchange program in England, attended college and grad school, and had lots of jobs along the way. I have met and mixed with a lot of people, and it has always struck me how different the "most popular" girl looks and acts, in each time and place. The one piece of advice I can give as an older woman is this - everyone is most attracted to the person who is unashamedly "herself", genuine and authentic at all times, and confident in her own thoughts and opinions. It didn't depend upon the size of her nose, or the size of her waist! I have seen people who can't gain weight envy someone else's curves, many times, from the 1980s through the 2000s. The one feature about yourself that you don't like will be unique and adorable to someone else. :)
I think you look great in the dark blues and the coral/rust coloured sweater. I also think a dark, jewel toned green would look amazing on you. I’m very similar in colouring to you and I love jewel tones especially for fall, very flattering! I also like the more open necklines, they give a nice long, lean look and patterns are also really flattering on you, I love the dark blue florals. You can tell you’re feeling confident, look you beautiful and you should be proud of all the work you’ve done for your health and yourself ❤️
You're making so many positive shifts, and with such grace, Erica! 💯 Fun to see your capsule today; we share a palette. Loved the dress and long cardigan at 16:00ish👍 Imo you can kick it up to chic with your brown belt and boots. You might also want to keep an eye peeled for a large scarf with navy, cream, and your brown. They're great for unifying outfits. Best regards!
Your summer dress with leggings and sweater is super cute, and you look happy to be wearing it. It's always great when an outfit can bring a little joy to our days.
This is a very powerful video. Your transparency is incredibly refreshing. I need to make healthier choices as well, and hearing you talk about that part of your journey in such a genuine heartfelt way was very inspiring. Thank you for sharing your struggles and successes with all of us out here in RU-vid land.
That dark navy blue color is the best on you! It's really brightens your complexion. The blazer and jacket, the two blue shirts with the yellow flowers, the beautiful dress with the v neck and the summer peasant shirt. They look great! And congrats on the belt!!! Success 😊
Really enjoyed your fashion show. Like you I wear mid calf length skirts and dress. At the minute I'm wearing jeans, brown jeans and work clothes. My work clothes are worn in layers depending on how cold it is. We don't often have heavy snow but we get dull, dank days which can be very chilly. I love crisp mornings. With covid19 a lot of people haven't been exercising lately. You are an inspiration for me. Thank you.
Well done to you in starting to prioritise your health, I know how you feel for last 10 years I have not done this with caring for parents (would not change this if had time again) and have had a wake up call following a health issues xx
Am I the only one who thinks black leggings can go with any color (kinda like a blue jean can be worn with black)? So I wouldn't feel obligated to do the matchy matchy guranimals look...ha, ha
I would absolutely carry forward the summer shirt. I would pair it with dark jeans and your grey sweater/cardigan. I would layer with a t-shirt underneath if you worry about being cold. Also, I always use my summer dresses for spring/fall with leggings and swesters. It's a great way to extend the uses of your more "summery" items.
Omg, I have that mug, too! I also have the Christmas one and I use the little gnome it came with as a elf on the shelf. We call it the gnome in the home, lol! I love your fall wardrobe, especially your cute dresses😍
I loved the fashion show, you are so sweet, real and funny. I think all of your outfits flatter you and I "felt" the emotions on the belt notch. Keep doing healthy, the rest will come. That is what I've been focused on. Thanks Erica
Your wardrobe is so stylish, chic and you look so put together. The color palette really flatters you. Your hair is lovely too and you take such good care of it and style it beautifully. Would love to hear more about the health coach's tips and your food choices
Happy Fall, Erica !!! Loved your fashion show !! I think the pieces you decided to carry over from summer into fall will go great with the fall clothing. Not to worry. I agree with several others about your belt. Looks to me like it is still a bit loose !! Congrats on the progress you have made in so many areas of your life. Thanks for the encouragement you are sharing with us. XOXO
You look terrific, Erica!! So inspirational you went down two sizes by walking, being active and eating right ! I've got to start prioritizing my health too. You've come so far along in your decluttering/health journey!! So encouraging to those of us who are just starting out! Bravo!! Loved your Fall wardrobe. 👏🏆💕I'm a big fan of midi dresses too.😍
Aw so happy your health journey is been a positive experience and I cried happy tears for you!! You are an encouragement to me and I’m sure many many others. Love the capsule wardrobe idea! It’s something I want to try.
After I star decluttering all around my house I star putting more attention to my wardrobe and know if I buy something eventhoght is a little expensive I make sure that is something I really love. Before I would buy very cheap clothes, I thought I was saving but I wasn't i was buying more just because it was on sale, and I would not wear any of those cloth. Love your channel ❤
I like a lot of the same things, tank tops and u shaped neck lines. I also roll cuffs at times. Yes, that one shirt that you were wondering about, you can pull it into Fall.
I am saving this video on my playlist❣ Some profound inspiration and statements finally got to my 🧠 brain. Thank you for being you . I also have been entertained joyfully and shared some tears with you. I ❤ your happiness.
You're so adorable! Your joy is so genuine and that puts a smile on my face. Congratulations on your weight loss and the confidence gained along the way. You deserve to be happy and healthy. ♡
Thanks for sharing! I agree that the coral looks good on you. I noticed how your silhouette is greatly enhanced when you wear slightly fitted clothes like the navy flowered dress with ruffle or a belt. I think that avoiding baggy clothes would really help. Case in point, the cream sweater vs the blue blazer. I think it is good to always have either the top looser with more fiited bottom piece or a more fitted top with a looser bottom piece. Anyways, just food for thought!
