The weather is heating up, the flights are flying out to all the cheesy summer holiday destinations, and people want to sit by the pool or the beach and do nothing for a week or two. Generally, that means stripping down to swimwear (otherwise you're jeans are going to get pretty heavy in the swimming pool).
The other week there was a billboard advertisement with a photo of a very attractive skinny lady in a bikini, and the words "Are you Beach Body Ready?". There was uproar from many people who deemed it to promote negative body image. It was an advert for a slimming supplement, and although I wasn't impressed with the advert, I can see why they did what they did. They want people to want to resemble this skinny person and therefore use their products.
However, in realistic terms, there won't be many people out there who will think they can achieve that look in a couple of months using a supplement, unless they started off with that sort of body in the first place.
What we need to do, is think of the term Beach Body and decide for ourselves what we want to take from it. For me personally, it means a paneled swimming costume and shaved legs and bits. I know what I look like with and without clothes. Nothing is going to stop me jumping in the pool to have fun with my children and I know I'm not going to look like a model in this lifetime! I will go out there and look like me but with less body hair!
Fashion retailers and slimming product providers are of course going to show off gorgeous people wearing little clothing, because they want you to think you can be like them. We shouldn't discriminate against naturally slim people, or some of these adverts, but instead we should focus on our own good points and accentuate these in order to enjoy ourselves on holiday and not worry,
Everyone has their own beauty, and that we are different is a beauty in itself. Take a look in the mirror now, and pick an area you are happy to have on show. This could be anything from a nice pair of boobs, to, if you are more self conscious, nice feet (especially with a pedicure). Take this area of your body and give it a little TLC, and think about that while you are lying on the beach. Think how it makes you happy and confident. Think of how, just having the warm sun beating down on you makes you happy. That is what makes you bikini ready, whether you wear a bikini, swimsuit or sundress, it doesn't matter. Being happy = being confident. Being confident = being "bikini" ready.
Happy Holidays.
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