When are you "ready" for a bikini?

I wouldn't worry about your stretch marks. I used to hate mine, but now I see them as a good thing coz they mean I have my children. If you have reached your target weight then well done you!! Go and treat yourself to a lovely bikini and enjoy yourself. You've worked hard to get your body, so enjoy it! xx

When it's too hot for you to bear the idea of wearing a swimsuit?

I would try one on....Take a picture...You know how you want to visualize yourself in that bikini...Thats what I did...I know I didnt want my stomach pushing the bottom over....and love handles again on the side.... Those were my goals of getting into a bikini...I continued to I got in it and worked dang hard too....

You will know it...Try that!

I have always worn a bikini except when I swam competitively, I had to wear a race 1-piece for that. You are "ready" whenever you feel comfortable enough to wear it.

I just reread and understood what you meant the second time around. So to address THAT, plenty of moms wear bikinis and there is no shame in that. We keep humanity going lol the least people can do is embrace us wearing a bikini.

People have a misperception that stretch marks=children. It is a very normal thing for a lot of people, don't worry about that, it is just common in women to have them after having kids, those who don't are lucky lol. I ordered a bikini offline of VS, I tried it on, I see my problem spots, it is a good thing to have to work towards looking good in, am I ready right now? No, not to me, but it really is what you are comfortable going out in, and more so working on a 'i dont care what others think' mentality. Rock it, youve worked hard, and deserve to wear what you want. As Ive said before, tell people to coddle the bottle if the image scars them that bad, I doubt it will , but if it does, there are liquor stores at every corner, Jack can help them with their problems while you enjoy working on your tan :glasses:

The only true objective way to know if you are ready for a bikini is to take a few pics, send them to me, and I will render a non-biased totally objective opinion.

Don't thank me. That's what I'm here for. I'm just a giver.

*eyeroll*

I rock my binikni all summer long, stretchmarks & that stupid pooch that'll never go away in all their glory, even on my "fat days" ... I spend 80% of my summer days in my bikini only, no coverup. Ready to me was a feeing, not a look. I feel good in it now, so IDC what others think/say. I still cringe sometimes when I see a picture someone took that I didn't "pose" for (those are always the ones your friends have to tag you on FB in...ugh!) but then I rememer, I earned this body - and I need to be proud of where it's been and where I'm taking it. My body, I'll dress it as I see fit. :flowerforyou:

Edited to add: I also went about 6 years postpartum before I wore a bikini again. And my stretchmarks from kids are similar to that of an attack from a small grizzly. Deep, dark, and run from my ribcage to my hip bones across my whole stomach (until I get my tan, that is, then they blend petty well)

I'm ready anytime, send the models in *claps hands* chop chop

I would try one on....Take a picture...You know how you want to visualize yourself in that bikini...Thats what I did...I know I didnt want my stomach pushing the bottom over....and love handles again on the side.... Those were my goals of getting into a bikini...I continued to I got in it and worked dang hard too....

You will know it...Try that!

im gonna do that!

is totally a comfort thing...If someone is comfortable to rock a bikini then I say go for it whatever you look like. Me, personally...I dont know if I will ever get to the point where I would feel comfortable in a full out bikini...