Maintaining 03/31/2009
Bikini Diaries: Circa 1979
So when was your last “bikini” year? The last time you strutted your stuff in a two-piece? Well, ten bucks I can top it.
1979!!! (Or somewhere around there.)
Yes, it’s been about THIRTY years since I wore one in public. Thirty. Geez, some of you probably weren’t even born yet. But that’s ok, because you are here NOW. To see me. In a bikini. On television.
I know that I must be crazy. In fact, when I joined Jenny, I told my consultant, “NO BIKINIS.”
“Ok, fine,” she said. And then I hit my goal weight, so I said it again.
“NO BIKINIS.”
And Kathy said ‘fine’ again.
So when we were celebrating my year in maintenance, I brought up the bikini thing to Kathy for a third time “You know, I could wear a bikini if I wanted to.” I told her.
“Of course you could,” she said. “You have a bikini mindset now.”
Oh, I don’t know…maybe it was Jenny’s Cheese Curls, but I suddenly felt inspired and liberated - like I could actually do this. I could actually break free from the shackles of crappy body image and be proud of what I’ve got. Look, I know I’m not perfect. And that 1979 was a LONNNG time ago. But you know what? I don’t care. I’ve worked hard, summer’s around the corner and I’d like to enjoy it for once.
So I’m wriggling into a two-piece on TV, coming to you live on April 6th!!! I know - I AM INSANE. I AM ALMOST 50. I HAVE ENOUGH BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH TO FLY ME TO THE MOON.
But if I don’t do this, well…then you may not either. And I’ll be darned if I let 30 years pass you by, too. DARNED. :)
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