How does anyone deal with shorts and swimwear?

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  • toothpastechica
    toothpastechica Posts: 250 Member
    Another thought for looking a little healthier than pasty white are the tanning moisturizers--Olay, Jergens and many more. You just put them on everyday for a week and you have a little glow. I buy the ones for Light to Medium--because I'm pasty white as well. They don't go orange or too dark for me.

    Btw, you ARE lovely! Get some shorts, buy a bathing suit, go and have fun! If anyone has a problem with your weight, you know which finger to suddenly get a cramp in. Mine usually just pops straight up when I get a cramp. Just can't get the darned thing to bend back into place with the rest of my fingers. :wink:

    Lol, love this advice...but if your profile pic is you, you got nothing to worry about, wear whatever you want, and if your anything like me....try a 2 piece (doesn't have to be a string bikini), I find one pieces or "covering tankinis" actually seem to make my tummy bulge worse and more on display then wearing a bikini. Then get some longer boardshorts or even running shorts/capris if your legs are problem areas.
  • here2bme
    here2bme Posts: 63 Member
    Oh, lord, girl. I thought like you when I was as young and cute as you are too. I wish I had appreciated myself then. but I know we seldom see ourselves objectively and that's just how it is.
    So look for some lightweight capris length pants. Just below the knee. A tie or an edge trim is flattering because it draws the eye down. You'll be comfortable and hopefully feel as cute as you are!
    Magdaloonie has nailed it right on the head right in the middle! I look back and think "I was hot! How come I didn't know it!!" I have never felt adequate (body wise) and regret it.

    Enjoy your life, that's what it is for! You look great!!
  • jellybaby84
    jellybaby84 Posts: 583 Member
    ^^

    funny thing is I can look back at myself at 18 and think exactly that - I was thin, what was I worrying about!

    Thank you so much for all the advice, I've got a lot of looks to try out.

    And to everyone who has said (nicely or otherwise!) that I don't need to worry because of my picture - well, it's a good and carefully chosen picture or else it wouldn't be up there! No, I'm not all that fat but I do have big legs and wobbly upper arms. I have a very average body I suppose and the average woman isn't exactly happy with their body are they! So I'm sorry if it looked like I was fishing for anything but as someone who, very objectively, is probably around the middle of both the age and weight ranges of this website, I didn't think I needed to be concerned about being told I was either too young or too thin to need to worry!
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    Your problem is not the clothes. Your problem is you are being hypercritical of your body. Stop it! You are fine. Wear shorts. Wear what's appropriate to what you're doing. No one has a perfect body....and no one but you is being so obsessive about yours! Get out there, put on a swimsuit...and have a fabulous time!

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