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Does Swimsuit Season Stress You Out?

Posted on May 12th 2009 11:00AM by Maggie Vink

Filed Under: Your Turn, Fitness

So what's the weather like where you live? I'm still bundled up in jeans and a sweatshirt, but I know that swimsuit season is lurking right around the corner. The older I get, the more I try to embrace my body for the amazing thing that it is... even with it's imperfections. But a swimsuit can make those little imperfections seem a little more pronounced than usual. I've been following Shape's Bikini Body Countdown to help me feel as confident as possible once pool-worthy weather arrives. How about you? Does swimsuit season stress you out?

Does swimsuit season stress you out?
Yes. Give me the biggest cover up ever made, please.	22 (23.7%)
A little. I'm not 100 percent happy with my body, but it is what it is.	47 (50.5%)
Not really. I do what I can to keep fit, and I'm confident with my body ... flaws and all.	18 (19.4%)
Not at all. I can totally rock a swimsuit, and I know it!	6 (6.5%)

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Tags: bikini, season, summer, swimsuit, swimsuits, your-turn

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connieclear 5-12-2009 @ 1:55PM

I look forward to beach weather every year. When I was younger I wore the sexiest bikinis I could find. Now that I'm in my early thirties I find that I look better in tankinis. Being mindful of my weight I usually try to start dieting in March but find that I look my best throughout the summer if I use a fat burning/detox/Cleanse the best one that I have found is http://cli.gs/Purity12Cleanse It usually helps me have more energy and I keep off those last 5 pounds

Scott 5-13-2009 @ 3:45PM

It is good to be healthy but it is important the message that we are sending to young girls. I work with teen cutting and self harming girls..The teen cutting is self harm and many of these girls have eating disorders.

We have ruined so many girls with media images that say skinny is good fat is bad. It is amazing a girl just told me(age 15) who looked very health about the need to lose more weight. She informed me that magazines make her want to get thinner(her words not mine)

This is straight up self harm! They are depressed and teen cutting. Many parents have not even heard of cutting self harm and their daughthers are probably doing it..
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Please be careful of the message you are sending