"Bikini"
I bought a bikini! Now all I have to do is wear it.
I'm heading to Savannah, Georgia with the Viking in a few weeks, and although I have a bathing suit, I thought that this time, I'd give a bikini a try. I think the last time I wore one, I was 6 years old. Over the past year and a half, I've lost about 45 pounds. (This is nothing compared to Carmen's stellar weight loss of 100+! Wow!) I am officially no longer overweight, probably for the first time in my life, but my body is by no means perfect. I am blessed, however, with a boyfriend who tells me, almost on a daily basis, how beautiful, sexy and skinny I am (when have I ever been called skinny??!!), and he was the one who encouraged me to get the bikini. Although I still look at my body and see the flaws, it is really encouraging to know that he sees only the good. Whether or not the other beachgoers are ready for my body, I think that walking out onto that beach will be another big step for me toward accepting myself, and my body, as I am. Plus, I can't wait to get a suntan on my tummy!
It may not be that itsy bitsy, and it isn't yellow, but it is my lovely polka-dot bikini!
:-)
ReplyDeletei'm sure you will look fantabulous in it!!
If you were Carmen, I'd simply call you a Skinny Bitch. Since you're you, I'll ask when you will PAD yourself IN the bikini! :)
ReplyDeleteLori
Thanks, Carmen!
ReplyDeleteLori, you can call me a Skinny Bitch, too..after all, I am one lots of the time :-P
I really want to PAD myself in it, but that will take some courage. I look at myself in it, and see parts that look good, but sometimes I only see the rolls that stick out of it....airbrushed anorexic images of supermodels in swimsuits be damned!