do you wear only a bathingsuit in pool?

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do you wear only a bathingsuit in pool?
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Wed, 07-07-2004 - 6:56pm

Well Nate and I plus a niece and nephew went to the wave pool today we had a blast!! And guess what? It didn’t POP my water! Maybe made me a little red after my sun screen wore off though….


Now I have never worn a bathing suit without something over it like a long tshirt or something but I had bought me a really cute one that has a skirt attached to it that goes far enough down to cover the top part of my thighs and I actually looked preggos in it… instead of just flab everywhere but I still had planned on keeping on my little cover-up I had bought over it but the pool wasn’t to busy and there seemed to be plenty of overweight women there in just bathing suits,,, that made me feel more comfortable… so I took off the cover-up I had never really took notice to see how many big women I ever seen in just a bathing suit one even had on a bikini! Now I wouldn’t go that far but it led me to wonder if I was actually being to self conscious in always covering up so tell me what do yall go swimming in? do you cover up?

 

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Registered: 11-04-2003
Wed, 07-07-2004 - 9:15pm

It really depends where I'm swimming.

 
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Registered: 06-16-2004
Wed, 07-07-2004 - 10:34pm
I used to always cover myself up.

 

  Shawna

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Registered: 06-16-2003
Thu, 07-08-2004 - 1:20pm
I wear a tankini. I covers up most of my belly, and the top of my thighs, and I HATE cover ups, so that is all I wear. I always think whats the difference, they all know what size I am WITH my clothes ON, so who would it be any different now?

Sara

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Registered: 05-19-2003
Thu, 07-08-2004 - 3:04pm
well looking as i do now i don't feel comfy in a swim suit in front of people so i usually won't swim if lots of people are around.

i've been swimming at my dad's place for the last month or so and wearing just my bathing suit, a shirt on if i got a sunburn only. When i go into the water i use my floatie to wrap around me..lol..then will lay on it in the water. I know i a freak. And when i get out of water i put towel around me/on my legs.

Next summer i plan on being comfortable with my body and how it looks so plan on just wearing a bathing suit =)

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Registered: 04-19-2004
Fri, 07-09-2004 - 2:19am
Yes. When I was 265, I would wear a tshirt, but that got lame pretty quick. I'd be more inclined to wear a shirt if I was around people I knew, but when I went to the Bahamas in 2000, I figured I wouln't know anyone, so who cares?

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Amy

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Registered: 06-05-2004
Fri, 07-09-2004 - 6:43am
I really avoid swimming at all cost.But if I do go yes I wear a cover up.
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Fri, 07-09-2004 - 1:30pm
Yes, but then of course this summer my weight is pretty much normal (a bit more to lose). Last summer I didn't go swimming at all. BTW, a lot of women are self conscious about wearing bathing suits, it seems, and I notice many women with seemingly *perfect* figures who take a dip with tee shirts over swim suits. You'd think the bathing suit manufacturers would make it easier, instead of some of the cuts they come up with every season.

forte

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Registered: 06-13-2004
Fri, 07-09-2004 - 5:38pm


I used to worry about it a lot. I was a lifeguard when I was a teenager and tried to train a bit in the beginning with a t-shirt on... but then I realized right away a tshirt will get very heavy when wet...completely impractical for actually lane swimming (unless you are up for xtra resistance... not me!!)

Then last summer I was going to Italy and spent hours to find a good swimsuit that I liked that I thought I could wear in public (black v neck one piece). So we are on the beach, I think I am lookin' fine, and I start to notice... most of the women are topless, some are nude (this is a FAMILY beach!!... seventy year old topless ladies!! yikes!!) and I AM THE ONLY ONE IN A FULL BATHING SUIT!! ha ha ha. Some very concerned Italian ladies came up to ask my boyfriend if I was sick. (!!!)


but yeah... I still stick with my one piece (but now it feels like I wear oh-so-much more!)

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Registered: 02-17-2004
Fri, 07-09-2004 - 7:13pm
Well, I just wear a bathing suit. A have quite a few tankini 2 pieces that don't show my stomach. They're more comfortable for me to wear for some reason. I won't wear a tshirt over because I am a complete sun goddess...yes, don't lecture me, I know the sun is bad bad bad but I feel so much better with a tan. And besides, as someone stated in this thread before, I can't hide that much about my body, people know what size I am just by looking at me, so what the hell. As this coming from a chick who is 100lbs overweight, but still at the beach laying out every weekend in the summer! (I must be on crack!)

Kerry

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Registered: 06-16-2004
Fri, 07-09-2004 - 11:21pm
I also love having a tan.

 

  Shawna

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