I got an email today…from a health and fitness magazine…touting that I could be bikini ready in…four weeks…I deleted it…
Now…I hate to sound negative…but…come on…I’ve never been bikini ready…not even when I had the body for it…actually…way back in the day…Mama wouldn’t even let me have a two-piece…much less a bikini…I think I got my first two-piece…maybe my senior year in high school…and trust me…it wasn’t skimpy…and…I could count the number I’ve had since then…on my fingers…probably on one hand…
So…it got me to wondering…if I were young…and…thin…today…would I still be too self-conscious to wear a bikini…probably…but…I’ve digressed from what was originally on my mind…
The article…
I have to wonder…how could anyone who was actually…overweight…and…out of shape…be bikini ready in four weeks…I mean…think about it…on a reasonable diet…I could expect to lose a maximum of 10 pounds…in a month…and…with a really dedicated workout schedule…I could tone some…but…not from flab to washboard abs…
So…I’m thinking…this program…is a lot like that book that I bought last summer…that claimed…you could look thinner without losing weight…all you had to do was wear…a full spanx body armor…not sure how that would look in a bathing suit…oh…but…wait…if you were more than 10 pounds overweight…you’d better diet…
So…maybe the article should have read…if you are within three pounds of your goal weight…and…reasonably in shape…and…have a great self-image…you can be bikini ready in four weeks…for the rest of you…better luck next year…and…here’s a link…for swim dresses…
Which then reminds me of the best title…other than…Bertha-Size Your Life!…that I ever saw…I Know why the Manatee Swims Naked (I’ve Shopped for Bathing Suits, Too)…it just kinda sums it all up…doesn’t it…
Jane
I have long since given up on the notion that I’ll ever be in bikini shape in four months little alone four weeks. I think they send us those ads so we buy more potato chips.
Madison…I think you are absolutely right about that…it is certainly depressing at times!
It’s easier to float when you have some padding. I’ll be getting out my swim dress, too! I believe that to be bikini ready in 4 weeks requires one to give up self-examination in a full-length mirror.
Peggy…I’m so glad to know that I will float well…LOL! I hadn’t even thought about needing a suit but I’m going to the beach with my daughters in a few weeks…so…I need a new one…yikes! And…even in a swim dress…I won’t be spending time looking in the mirror!