Bikini Check In

Swimming season starts Memorial Day, at least in my neck of the woods. Yikes, that is only eight weeks away!

Are you eight weeks away from bathing suit ready? I sure am not.

Okay, here's the plan: put down that bag of Doves and pay attention. We're going to grab a suit, try it on, and get ready for summer.

It's simple and here's how it works.

1) Buy a suit.

Don't try it on. You know your size. No matter what you try on, you're going to think it looks horrible. Am I right? I can't see you, but I sense you're nodding your head. Buy the suit you want to look good in, not the one you think you already will. Get a cute one.

2) You need a full-length mirror, a room and five minutes a week.

Pick one day, any day, a week. Lock the door - it's nobody's business but yours. Put on that bikini and take a look.


I know, it's a scary thought. At first anyway. But here's the thing, you still have eight weeks.

Eight weeks to think about what diet and exercise you are doing. And this will help you stick to it, maybe even work a little harder. Eight weeks to get used to what you look like in a bathing suit as you are right now. Imagine, if you just pick one thing that bugs you and work on that a little and see improvement, how much better you'll feel when you do hit the beach or the pool.


This will be my eighth year of locking myself in the bedroom, trying on a swimsuit. Trust me, it makes me think twice about eating those Doves, yummy as they are. Oddly I do more walking too.

I've never been perfect and I never will be. This ain't about being perfect. It's about being a little better. And hey, whatever works.