Workaround for One Piece or Bikini Bathing Suit Dilemma

I have lost 96 pounds and dropped eight sizes. So a wardrobe makeover is in process. My husband posed a good question for summer wear: one piece or two-piece bathing suit? With Spring Break coming up, it's a good consideration.

My husband suggested that since I have lost weight, I might try a two-piece or even bikini. I still have belly pudge, but so does most every woman on the beach. Not being body-perfect doesn't stop them wearing a bikini. And it shouldn't. But personally, no matter how toned I get, I'll never wear one. Not to be prudish, it's just too revealing.  But there are problems with one piece, too. Here's a workaround. Diet Tip Workaround for One Piece or Bikini Bathing Suit Dilemma

Slimming Bathing Suits for Apple Shaped Women

Slimming Bathing Suit Styles for Apple Shaped Women
Women are either pear or apple shaped. Apple shaped gals have larger waists and tummies and smaller bottoms. Here are bathing suit styles for apple shaped women that enhance curves and don't make us look like beach balls.
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Choosing Plus-Sized Clothing without Tears

Most of us ladies would say we want to lose a little or a lot of weight. Well, until that time comes, if it does, remember the Golden Rule: Love your neighber as yourself. Many of us are pretty good at the loving the neighbor part. We have plus-size hearts to go with the body. There isn't anything we wouldn't do for a friend and often even an enemy. We know about being generous, kind and loving (maybe too well). But the loving yourself, that's just a mite trickier. For all us who are plus size at loving others and Size zero at loving ourselves, I've tweaked the golden rule a little to read like this 'Do unto yourself as you would do unto others.'

Look at the luxurious curves on the Janes (Mansfield and Russel). The divas of yesteryear were no twiggy size 3; These gorgeous gals were curvaceous and big! Here is a clothing guide that will walk you through the often unpleasant task of selecting plus-sized clothing and still preserving a positive attitude about yourself. Read on...