Are you ever going to put a cap on it? Swimsuit spending is getting out of control? It's getting boring too, trying to find the right one. Don't yawn, pretty please, don't. This is really important to me. Even if it involves snow and a bikini again. Holy crap, by the way, the boring view… Continue reading Has the right bikini made it over the hill yet?
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The day I didn’t recognize my stomach
The chills ran down my spine as I glanced down at my stomach while doing my 45-second plank. Yeah, not quite to a 1-minute one yet. It kills my wrists after about 30 seconds, so it's taking me a long time to build up to a 4-minute plank. If I ever will? Do I really… Continue reading The day I didn’t recognize my stomach
A slow growing fear
I did it! Mr. is going to be so impressed with my efforts. I crawled out of bed before him and Copper. Lazy men, right? Nah, I couldn't sleep so I woke up at 4:15 am. I'm having slow-growing nightmares about the damn bikini and other things. But that's beside the point. Then I took… Continue reading A slow growing fear
How my mom taught me to be brave in my own skin
The aftermath of my anticipation of the new bikini's arrival; the retail therapy session in between; the first introduction to said bikini; the intermediate rejection of it and chip consoling consumptions; the day after's resurgence of my ultimate goal - "To be happy in my own skin." All of it took me on a wild… Continue reading How my mom taught me to be brave in my own skin
The bikini arrived
The retail therapy session yesterday was exhausting. I got quite the workout in, though. Since we have so much snow around here, I dressed appropriately for the weather. I wore jeans, two layers of shirts, heavy socks, and hiking boots, under my scarf and winter coat. I left the house at 10:45 am and returned… Continue reading The bikini arrived
It’s the depth of the squat that matters
So...how did my little magical work your butt with squats and twist and turn to tone your love handle reminders work? Did I exercise my butt off yesterday? Well, let's see. Kind of. It hurt to do squats this morning while my coffee heated up. So, I guess, they did work. Surprisingly well, for the… Continue reading It’s the depth of the squat that matters