How Plus Board Shorts Saved My Summer
My husband Eddie and I decided for our New Years Resolution, we'd both lose our unnecessary weight before going on summer vacation to Hawaii.
Needless to say a few weeks went by before we actually did anything about it! Realizing we were only making things worse, we finally
took action and consulted our local gym.
There we met the cutest little female fitness instructor you would ever meet. A health food junkie full of energy and motivation. Needless to say, my husband signed us up on the spot totally smitten with Leanna the trainer. I was not quite so sure I wanted to spend countless hours on the treadmill or get wrapped up like a pretzel in one of the numerous exercise machines.
Addressing my concerns to our new found spunky little Drill Sergeant, she recommended a swimming routine in the gym indoor lap pool. I thought this was an excellent idea. I loved to swim as kid.
Leanna outlined a routine for each of us and I was excited to start exercising and losing some weight. Then a thought occurred to me. This was perhaps the worst idea ever...
I DO NOT LOOK GOOD IN A SWIMSUIT! So I browsed to pick out some good looking swimwear. I found some plus board shorts. You can search for just about any kind of swimsuit you need. It's really a useful site if you are looking for swimwear.
I found a lot of attractive women's plus swimwear. I went with women's board shorts, because they gave me the most confidence by covering up the parts of me I felt the most self-conscious about. Plus I also found some great board shorts for my husband.
Yes I am actually talking about plus SIZE Board Shorts. But leaving out the "size" makes me feel less fat. I mean, I know I'm overweight. Much like a lot of other people nowadays. I don't need to be reminded of that fact by my clothing. So I leave out the negative word and keep the positive word "plus". It's just my special way of denying the obvious.
Sporting my new swimwear, it was no problem going to the pool 4 times a week and exercising! Before long both of us needed to buy new swimsuits from the weight loss! This time I bought something more revealing, and of course Eddie bought even crazier looking ones by rip curl board shorts and billabong board shorts. We don't call him Crazy Eddie for nothing.
As the time came for our summer vacation to the beach came around, I didn't feel like a beached whale anymore. And I was able to enjoy myself in Hawaii and my surf board lessons without worrying how I looked, thereby saving my summer.