Hey there!
Just when I thought I couldn’t be MORE grossed out by public pools you guys have to scare me more! Oh man. It will seriously be like Fear Factor when I stick my toe into that water…
I hope you are having a good Wednesday. :) Today has been a busy one…another training day, orders completed, and lots of business stuff going on. Git er done…!
Lunch consisted of leftovers…
I simply took my lentil Neat Sauce out of the freezer and it thawed in the fridge overnight.
My fridge has certainly been working for me overnight lately…from Vegan Overnight Oats to de-thawing the next day’s food. ;)
This portion is about 2 cups worth, so I split it into 2 lunches.
With some discounted organic celery- which might I add, still has a lot of life left in it!
I actually got up and grabbed the Roasted Red Pepper Hummus for a dip. :) Celery is just…plain on its’ own.
Dessert- Dried organic apricots. One of my all time favourite snacks…
Dinner was leftovers from last night’s Feelin’ Good Stew. I just love this stew! I was looking forward to it all day.
I love the addition of the quinoa in this stew…I’m so glad I threw it in on a whim! It really bulked it up.
Dessert was a tablespoon of organic dark chocolate chips and 1/2 tablespoon of coconut oil melted in the micro.
Random yet blissful.
Eric and I just got back from a visit to a sports store where I tried on 1 piece swimsuits (for triathlon training) and padded bike shorts. I left feeling like a 7 year old with a diaper issue. :mrgreen: Hopefully I have more luck at the next store!
I really need to get used to the idea of wearing a 1 piece swimsuit again. I actually laughed when I tried one on and looked in the mirror. Seven year old or a grown woman, I couldn’t be sure…
Tonight’s question- Do you own a swimsuit and if so, what kind(s) do you rock? 1 piece, bikini, tankini, thong, bikini, speedo…? ;)
Any suggestions for a killer training swimsuit?
Also if you’d like to win a bag of premium chia seeds from Chia Seeds Direct, give me your best tip for SWIMSUIT CONFIDENCE below! Open to Canadian and US residents only please. Contest closes Thursday at 5pm EST.
My best tip for swimsuit confidence is to rock what your mama gave you. No one else has YOUR unique body so go show it off and strut your stuff. Be proud of who you are and how hard you work each day to keep yourself healthy and fit.
On that note, I’m going to pass out on the couch…it has been a long day! Can’t wait to snuggle my man and watch some Marriage Ref (Tom Papa we love u!).
Have a great night. :)
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In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
Albert Schweitzer
Even though I may not have the perfect body, knowing what my body is capable of doing, and being able to have all my limbs intact, I’m damn proud of it :)
Swimsuit confidence begins with a bikini wax. Seriously.
believe it or not no one cares what you look like in that bathing suit!
everyone is more concerned with how they look.
a healthy body is way more confidence inspiring and beautiful than appearance alone.
I rock a bikini now… I feel MORE uncomfortable in a one-piece! I just feel like they squish you in all the wrong places, haha!
Best piece of bathing suit advice? Don’t worry about it. You worked HARD for your body, no matter what you look like- so be confident of that- the woman next to you probably worked just as hard, but we’re all built differently. As women, we’re too critical of ourselves!
xo
K
I recently purchased a one piece that actually made me feel quite good! It’s strapless so I still think its sexy, also elegant.
Wine.
Swimsuit confidence in a bottle.
Swimsuit confidence? Buy one, take it home. Look at yourself in the mirror in natural light. Sit down in it. Turn around. Jump up and down. If you are used to seeing how something looks on your body it won’t seem foreign and exposed.
More important than a “bathing suit body” is a “bathing suit mind”.
My best tip for swimsuit confidence; find a suit that you feel comfortable in. I used to buy swimsuits because of how cool they looked on the shelf or on the model in the display, but I ended up feeling horrible in it after because it wasn’t right for my body. I have 3 bikinis and feel fabulous in all of them!
Bathing suit confidence advice…hmmm. I was always self-conscious of my body and swimsuits just magnified everything I hated. However, once I bought a suit that fit perfectly (that I LOVED!) and started exercising, I became proud of my body for what it could do.
To sum it up:
1. Buy a suit that fits that you love, cost be damned!
2. Realize that your body is wonderful – it is YOURS, only yours, and look at everything it can do for you!
Ooh, best tip for bathing suit confidence: remember that you look beautiful, you really do. It’s only those mean little voices in your head telling you otherwise! Wear a smile and confidence and nothing else matters. (And like someone else said: everyone else at the beach is too concerned with what they look like to notice you!)
Believe it or not, my best swimsuit advice came from a 14 year old when I was 26. I was newly thin, but still very self-conscious in a swim suit. After an afternoon with her family in their backyard pool – for which I wore a borrowed bikini, the first I had worn since childhood -, she finally told me to stop tugging on my suit all of the time and just ignore it! Her mom then chimed in with a stand-up-straight and be confident. Must have worked because I wore a bikini on my honeymoon!
Be confident! You are who you are! No two bodies are a like, and you should embrace the beautiful body you were gifted with!!!
My best advice it to find one that actually fits. I’m talking enough booty coverage to be comfortable, a little push up and support for the girls, loose enough to avoid creating muffin top (or faux muffin top which is just as bad), but snug enough to hold you in, preferably in a bright color or print to make you look more tan than you are. Throw on a ginormous floppy hat or sunnies and feel like a rockstar :)
I started rotating a one piece in last year and I’ve loved it. I got it from Target for cheap but the style is EVERYWHERE! Check it out here: http://www.target.com/Merona-Bandeau-Shirred-One-Piece/dp/B002DJYG2Y/ref=br_1_3?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&searchView=grid5&searchNodeID=1264687011&node=1264687011&sr=1-3&searchRank=salesrank&searchPage=1&searchSize=150&id=Merona%20Bandeau%20Shirred%20One%20Piece&qid=
I`ve always been really self concious when it comes to 2 piece bathing suits, as for the last 4 years I’ve been over weight. But last summer as I was going to try on bathing suits and dreading that horrible feeling I get I realized something, everyone is self conscious some are just better at hiding it than others! My biggest tip is to pick a suit that makes you happy. Although I hate my stomach I have a really good chest so I picked a 1 piece suit in my favorite color that showed off my personal assets, and you know what, for the first time in years I was actually happy to put on my bathing suit.
Now this year, that suit I bought won’t fit due to the weight I’ve lost but I know I’ll find another killer bathing suit that will make me feel just as great if not better.
Best swimsuit confidence tip: FInd a bathing suit you find sexy and own the look. We are all sexy we just have to know it.
Also…Winners has the best and cheapest bikinis I have yet to find :)
Find a suit that fits and you don’t have to “situate” all too often.
And, I hate to say it, but a little self tanner helps if you’re fish belly white like me!
Swimsuit confidence = a huge cover-up + a hat + sunglasses.
Hmm. Maybe I need to work on the confidence part some more…
My best swimsuit advice is to accentuate your favorite parts. Whether you love your legs, tummy, chest, arms, whatever… it will show and you will exude confidence! There is a suit for every body type these days. (H&M has some adorable ones!) If you feel attractive and comfortable, it doesn’t matter what others think!
The best swimsuit confidence (which is more of a statement than a tip) is that you EARNED the body for that one piece….not the seven year old swimsuit with flowers that screams “adorable”, but a one piece meant for racing performance that proves “powerful” and “venerable”. Anyone can wear a bikini. But donning the sporty one piece symbolizes the work and stress you’ve put into your body to train for an athletic event that not everyone can compete in. There is a great deal of respect for the performance-based one piece that flaunts the power and strength of your muscles. Rock the one piece with pride!
My advice for swimsuit confidence – realize that no one else is looking at you! If you’re hanging around somewhere were everyone else is wearing bathing suits/bikinis the funniest part is that everyone is concerned about themselves and no one cares how you look!