March 26, 2008...12:40 am
Whiskey Wednesday Swim Suit Edition
You know, of course, the first three letters in the word “diet” is DIE! Yet, millions of us are taking stock now (as March begins to come to a close and the Easter candy is disappearing) and we’re wondering…
Are we fatter now than we were a year ago?
Last year, I struggled to stick to a version of the Atkins Low Carb diet and actually had success. I managed to photograph some of my progress.
That’s me on the right in 2005. (And Michelle on the left)
And this is the summer of 06.
Last year, I lost a lot of weight and looked like this.
But sadly, I have reverted to some very BAD habits. *sigh*. Now, I look like this.
I’ve been struggling since last August to get back on track. I was doing really well, but I’ve slipped back into some old ways and ended up gaining back some of that weight I worked hard to lose.
Why mention it? Because this is the time of year I start to “worry” about it. The weather is nice and the Easter candy is plentiful.
Plus, it’s getting close to swim suit time.
I hate swim suit time.
I’m so white I blind people. Add cellulite to that mixture and you have the makings for a car accident if I wear shorts in the wrong places. Oh, and the girls get WAY too much exposure. You know what I mean. The laughable “shelf bra” they put in those suits is just more material that sinks into the water as the girls drag EVERYTHING down. Yeah, it’s a conundrum.
Shoot, it makes me want to call Stacy and Clinton myself.
I wanted to share the ups and downs with you. After all, you share everything else. Wish me luck. No homicide during swim suit season. New Mantra.
16 Comments
March 26, 2008 at 4:51 am
I have that problem with the shelf bra thing too - but I finally found a suit that keeps the girls up - two words - HALTER TOP! My suit has the shelf but with the halter that I can tie tighter they stay right up!
March 26, 2008 at 5:43 am
Wishing you the best of luck on swimsuits and swimsuit season.
My bugaboo is the whole mix and match two piece deal. I used to be wear a large top and a small or medium bottom. This was good. Now, I’m wearing a medium top and a medium or large bottom. What is this world coming to? ~sniffle~
March 26, 2008 at 5:48 am
I’ll have to find me one of those, Tricia.
And VBC, the fact that you WEAR a two piece means I bow to your superiority. LOL. The girls don’t tolerate bikinis.
March 26, 2008 at 7:08 am
I started on that DIEt thing 2 days ago. So far I haven’t hated it;> I’m mainly stressing the eat healthy, have 9 servings of produce (Yes, NINE!), and cut out the bad carbs like chips, white flour etc.
I’ve got a reunion this year! That freaks me even worse than swimsuit season.
March 26, 2008 at 7:25 am
UGH! Reunions freak me out too. Good luck Kym. I know you can do it.
March 26, 2008 at 9:59 am
Wow! I didn’t realize how much you had lost. You still look awesome :o). I’m working on trying to lose the last 20 lbs or so - polyester uniforms just aren’t forgiving!
March 26, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Reunions - UGH is right - 20 years for me.
At least I wasn’t thin in high school either so no one is going to be saying how fat I got - but I’d love for them to not recognize me cause I got thinner! LOL
March 26, 2008 at 4:01 pm
You look fine! Plus, it seems like you are all boobs anyway
which I am sure the Redneck doesn’t mind.
March 26, 2008 at 5:45 pm
LOL Lothian! Yes I am and no he doesn’t.
March 26, 2008 at 6:09 pm
You are b-e-a-U-tiful, darlin’! I love ya just the way you are
March 26, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Awww thanks honey!! I love you too!
March 26, 2008 at 10:28 pm
lol–RWA is coming up and nobody started a “look good for the other divas” thread. YET. lol….I bought fifteen pounds of Easter candy, don’t wear swimsuits (water??*gasp* uh…no) and use a girdle when I have to squeeze into my suits. God wouldn’t have created girdles if people weren’t meant to use them.
March 29, 2008 at 1:37 am
I’ll be get’n my lumpy lumps into a suit here soon too
You are terrific however you look! I saw the pic, you are beautiful and need some reminding! We are what we are….
Nobody’s perfect - so that skinny bitch sitting by the pool might not even be able to form a sentence
*I’ll keep telling myself that…..heee-heeeee-heeeeee
March 29, 2008 at 10:59 am
Yep, Jodi. I started to wear *gasp* makeup in honor of the conference. Do you know what it’s like to be thirty-nine and a complete idiot about make up techniques. LOL.
Aww Lump darlin’. You’re so good to me.
March 31, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Jen, you look great in all the pics but what really caught my eye - you do realize you are apparently married to my twin brother apparently? If his eyes are blue too I think he and I could switch and you’d never notice - heheh
I can sympathize with the diet thing, I’ve been dieting like crazy since the first of the year and have lost about 40 pounds. To accomplish that (since my body is VERY skilled at subsisting on nothing) I have to eat about 500 calories a day and walk for two hours every night . . . . I tell ya it ain’t fair! But the weigh-in is this Friday and the wedding is the Friday after that but man, have I ever been mitchy!! (and my blog output has suffered) :o)
March 31, 2008 at 12:58 pm
WOW! Steve, I had NO IDEA all that was going on for you.
Good luck on the weigh in!!!!
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