Anyone braving the beach this summer in...

a bikini? Or for guys, no shirt coverup?

I got suckered into buying a bikini by my friend. My tummy is still kind of flabby, but I really have no choice, with this super cute bikini in my closet. I really don't wear bikinis. I'm too self conscious. But I have gone from nearly overweight, to a healthy weight, so I like to think of this as an award for my healthier lifestyle! So yes, for the first time, I will hopefully be wearing a bikini, with confidance.

I plan on visiting the beach (or a local pool) eventually.

My stomach is actually the place that stores the most body fat but even if I don't get it to be flat by the end of the summer I'm still going to be a beach bum.

With a skimpy bikini of course.

I wish I had a bit of your modesty XD

I swear, I try to get away with a sports bra and shorts (or biking if I'm swimming) as much as possible... I really don't think about what other people think (I mean, I think I look better than all the models out there, but that's besides the point). It's hot, and it's summer. It's more comfortable to dress that way.

Of course, it helps that most of the time I'm in a situation (hiking, biking, swimming, running, walking, yoga) where that attire is appropriate.

If I wore a bikini, people would run, screaming, scared for their lives.  If I go to the beach, I'm going in shorts and a t-shirt.  Nothing less.. and I won't be going in the water this year =/

Go for it!  Be proud of yourself!  Have some fun!  You only live once!

Go for it! I personally think it's more awkward when people try to cover up with shorts/t-shirt at a beach then to show off what they got.

I'm a little self concious about my inner thighs and butt, and in case I feel really miserable I bought these adorable mini water shorts, which make me feel a whole lot more confident and make my legs look thinner!

I am! Last summer I was 175lbs and wore jeans all summer  This year i've been working pretty hard and am down to 152 (at this moment) and I'm no where near perfect but I'm in a better place then i was a year ago! So i'm not being ashamed...i refuse! I'm heading to the coast on August 8th and I will be in a bikini for better or for worse.  I am hoping to drop a few more lbs before that , but either way bikini here I come!

ive been wearing bikinis... thats the problem my stupid skinny friends!!!

but i feel much more comfortable lately

happy for you guys :)

i only wear my bikini top and board shorts when i'm around my family or super close friends, and only if i know i won't be seeing anyone i know. i've lost fifty-something lbs, and my skin is all stretched out and covered in stretch marks. i suppose i have the shape to wear it, i'm just flabzilla. ahahaha.

i'm always paranoid that the strings will come untied or that i'll accidentally flash someone or something, haha.

Well hoenstly....I have! I have been a the beach with my family, but it is not quite the same thing when you are hanging out with hubby, 5 yr old, 3 yr old and baby......noone is really looking at you anyway LMAO!

I felt ok, not great but OK. My big saving grace is that I am rather large busted which sort of draws the attention away from the gut and ****..... you gotta take what you can get inte hte mean time right!

I like to swim, not prance around on the beach, thanks. So I will be going in my athleticy, black one-piece. Bikinis are not very stable, in my humble opinion. Which is really unfortunate, because I've got a nicely developing 4-pack on my abs. It's still in baby stages, but hey! Not many teenage girls can work out like I can.