Why I’m Writing This
My husband came home the other day with a huge smile on his face and told me he had a present for me!
…a few words later I found out I need to be Bikini Ready (Bikini being a word I typically associate with the horror scenes of very scary movies – you know, lady screaming, running away in a state of absolute terror?). My husband is taking me on a romantic getaway for the first time since we have been married and now have 2 kids. There are two conditions: one, we are staying in a beautiful villa on a warm sandy beach and two, I need to wear the “swimwear” he bought several months ago (which of course is a very SKIMPY version of a swimsuit – aka “itsy bitsy bikini!”). This information sent me into a state of complete and utter PANIC!!!!
Sure, I just had a baby and I look okay in clothes. But as any woman knows –there is a massive difference between looking great in clothes and looking great in a bikini…check out my “before” pic below….ugghh I had a lot of work to do.
There’s lose skin, stretch marks, sagging…let’s just say “sagging everything” to sum it up. Plus, this nice fluffy layer of jiggly fat – you know, kind of like really soft bread dough . . . lovely. The “more to love” theory comes to mind here. I am sure I had some of these “symptoms” before I even got pregnant but it does make me feel better to group all of these unsightly defects as being “NEW”…and due to this last pregnancy only – so basically, it’s my husband’s fault!! Regardless… – the body I see in the mirror is not one that looks similar to the rock hard Hollywood celebs who are OVER 40!…and yes, they have kids. I still have (an undisclosed amount of) years to go before I hit 40 – so what’s my excuse?
I decided I would start with a battle plan beginning with the decision: I AM GOING TO LOOK HOT IN A BIKINI. Next, came what I intended to do about that decision? I scoured through my mental encyclopedia of techniques, gimmicks, fads, you-name-it and came up with a novel idea: I am just going to eat healthy and exercise more. Simple. Straight forward. Very sane. Easily Workable?
NO…for someone who was not really prepared for this and is only resorting to it out of fear — NOT EASY!
Well, here’s the real reason I am starting this blog (the reason underlying the more superficial reason of simply “wanting to help others with my story”)…it is selfish really: basically I know that once a public statement is made – it is pretty much impossible to retract…especially over the internet!…and this way; I have permanently blocked any excuse to retract this mission.
It’s Thursday and while I do have a ready-made excuse because it’s not “Monday” (and every new goal should start at the first day of the week, right?) …I am starting TODAY. I am on a mission to get results and there’s no turning back!