Please be honest.

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  • sweetteadrinker2
    sweetteadrinker2 Posts: 1,026 Member
    We look quite similar, your legs are size or two smaller, and I rock a bikini anytime I go to the river. Trust me, you look freaking awesome, be confident and all the guys will be drooling.
  • GiGiBeans
    GiGiBeans Posts: 1,062 Member
    I think you've got great curves to do a bikini justice - that said, I'd try a size up, ya look just a teeny tiny bit smooshed.
  • Blazing_Brunette
    Blazing_Brunette Posts: 217 Member
    Rock it girl ... You look great ...have a fun summer !!
  • sassykitkat22
    sassykitkat22 Posts: 12 Member
    rainbowbow wrote: »
    sassykitkat22 wrote: »
    Thank you everyone. :)

    I really need to face the facts and lift weights.

    I didn't want to for the longest time. I was afraid to, too nervous to, and thought it was going to make me look like a man.

    Believe me when i say it completely reshaped my body faster than months of cardio.

    :)

    If you're serious about getting into it i'd suggest The New Rules of Lifting for Women. it has step by step details, good pictures, and it helps get you acquainted with lifting. :)

    not scared, just lazy, and I don't have a gym membership so I'll have to figure out the bodyweight strength training or invest in some weights, it's overwhelming.

    I actually have that book but yet to crack it open. Ok maybe I'm intimidated. Lol
  • Ms_LisaKay
    Ms_LisaKay Posts: 103 Member
    I think you look great in that bikini & I guarantee my husband would watch you walking away. Ok, if we want to be about "perfect" or "aspirational" bodies, you fall a little short. On the general beach or poolside, though, you are in the 80th percentile by far. You surely wouldn't offend most people (if any...imo, anyone who would be actually offended by your body in that suit is being unreasonable) and I think many people would find you rockin' / worthy/ sexy.

    Lift cause it is awesome, by the way. I highly encourage the lifting of heavy things. :) The amount of body change from it is kind of ridiculous, or has been for me, and I could currently NOT wear that bikini. Still, under the extra weight, the muscle change is there. It is wild how well lifting works.
  • sassykitkat22
    sassykitkat22 Posts: 12 Member
    Thank you everyone.

    I tried it on again and felt a little better in it, the lighting in fitting rooms sucks and I was able to adjust the sides so I wasn't so squished.

    I also bought a tankini that actually looks pretty decent too in case I chicken out.

    I really appreciate all the responses.
  • Happylybre
    Happylybre Posts: 85 Member
    I would Rock it if I was you...... but it all falls into how you feel afterwards that's the most important part....
  • soldiergrl_101
    soldiergrl_101 Posts: 2,205 Member
    rainbowbow wrote: »
    Ah, okay, OP. I'll be honest then... let's hope i don't get flagged out the wazoo....

    My personal opinion is that you are definitely on the chubby side... but not enough to cross the threshold of being too big to wear a bikini. You have a pretty nice body, but i think it could be even nicer with some weight lifting and fat loss.

    I can see that you're a pear (like i am) and have more pudge on the outer corners of your hips/thighs than your stomach. I know you said your stomach is your problem area, but honestly i don't see that at all.

    If i were you, i WOULD be okay with going out in a bikini at that stage, however, as suggested above i'd probably wear a sarong mid-leg length that is flowey and sheer. That way you'd be flashing some leg (which looks nice) and it'd accentuate your waist/chest area while only really covering your problem area (your hip/thigh/butt).

    Either way though, i think it's most important that you feel comfortable wearing it out. And of course, my opinions on another persons body don't mean jack crap. :) Feel free to take anything that was helpful and ignore anything that wasnt.


    You want an honest opinion and ^^This^^ is what I was going to say till she said it for me. Yes you look fine in a bikini, if you never wore one and this is your first congrats on that! The down side...

    Although you have a beautiful hourglass figure, you could use some muscle definition and some fat loss. If you did some lifting this could help you look even better especially in the hip/thigh region. Its a great start but needs some work. Congrats for what you accomplished so far
  • sassykitkat22
    sassykitkat22 Posts: 12 Member
    Thank you. :)

    Well if you think about it, now I have an awesome all I do is run and before lifting picture. ;)

    Its just crazy to me that I can be at my original goal weight and still not like what I see. I like it better but.... It's like everything you thought to be true and that you learned all your life was a lie.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    I have no idea what you weigh or your height but based on those photos I would not describe you as being on the chubby side at all. I think you look fabulous. I think your stomach looks fabulous. I would not hesitate to wear a bikini if I were you. I would probably go up one size for the bottoms, though, because it looks like your backside is kind of smooshed in the side shot.
  • sassykitkat22
    sassykitkat22 Posts: 12 Member
    I'm 5'7 and about 146.

    Started here at 180 I believe, my original goal weight was 145 but I've changed it to 135.

    And thank you. :) I wouldn't consider myself chubby in clothes...but looking at the pictures I do have quite a bit of fat left to lose it seems.
  • DKG28
    DKG28 Posts: 299 Member
    You're at the point where either you are going to wear it, or it's going to wear you. All you need is some confidence and you can rock it. But if you feel insecure, people will pick up on that. Wearing a bikini is often a mental challenge.
  • jsobole
    jsobole Posts: 139 Member
    You look great - but I'll tell you what my husband told me when I finally started wearing bikinis again and was sensitive about my post-baby stretch marks. Wear what makes you feel good and what you're comfortable in! Wearing a bikini is great, but if you won't swim, make a sand castle, or generally have a good time in it, then it's not worth it! :smile:
  • WeddedBliss1992
    WeddedBliss1992 Posts: 414 Member
    i will be honest with you - i think you look absolutely beautiful.
    :smile:
    rock it, honey!
  • LeslieB042812
    LeslieB042812 Posts: 1,799 Member
    I concur! You look good (and not chubby, just more "normal" than "cut"). I would also go up a size on the bottoms. I usually get a size large in bikini bottoms, even though I wear a medium (or size 8) otherwise--they just fit better/don't cut in.

    I totally understand how you feel, though, I struggle with the same thing. My husband hates it when I wear a 1 piece even though I would feel more comfortable in one, so it's pushed me out of my comfort zone (but for the better--after a while it's given me more confidence!). I second (third? fourth?) the recommendation for a sarong. I even wear mine while in the ocean. :smile: Although, you need it less since you don't seem to have any cellulite.....lucky girl!
  • mwyvr
    mwyvr Posts: 1,883 Member
    I think you already knew the answer to this question before you posted it -- you climbed into a bikini in the first place because thanks to all your hard work you feel much better in your skin. That's what is important, not whether you are completely finished your program. So wear it with pride!

    PS: I like the running watch accessory. :)
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