{"id":14603,"date":"2013-02-26T07:52:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T12:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/?p=14603"},"modified":"2021-02-12T11:38:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:38:49","slug":"body-confidence-on-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahealthysliceoflife.com\/body-confidence-on-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"Body Confidence on Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"

David and I leave Friday for Tortola. We will spend a glorious week sailing around the British Virgin Islands.<\/p>\n

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I am ecstatic! I am also a little crazy this week getting things ready. I\u2019m stocking up on food and Hailey supplies so the grandparents won\u2019t need to shop for her while they are already doing us the huge favor of watching her. I\u2019m cleaning the house so it\u2019s nice for everyone\u2019s stay. I\u2019m getting laundry done, packing our bags and getting out things like sunscreen (!!!).<\/p>\n

One thing I\u2019m not doing?<\/p>\n

Crash dieting.<\/p>\n

You could always tell when spring break was coming in high school because suddenly every girl would be carrying around a Slim Fast. Sad, but true. Knowing that I\u2019d be in a bathing suit around a billion other girls had me cutting calories, too.<\/p>\n

Once on vacation, I\u2019d also enlist all the tricks. Maybe you know what I mean\u2026 Crossing my legs so my thighs wouldn\u2019t spread out while I sat, flexing my stomach muscles for pictures, sitting up super straight so my stomach wouldn\u2019t fold over my bathing suit.<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019m not saying there is anything wrong with wanting to look good or standing in a flattering pose, but to constantly be sucking in, flexing or turning down delicious food and drinks sucks the fun right out of vacation.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sad I spent so many years worried about it.<\/p>\n

This vacation I\u2019m vowing not to waste an ounce of mental energy on such shallow, trivial, self-absorbed thoughts.<\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s because I\u2019m getting older and just don\u2019t care. Maybe it\u2019s because I have a husband who thinks I\u2019m smoking hot and somehow doesn\u2019t notice my cellulite (God bless him).  Maybe it\u2019s because becoming a mom shows me there are a lot more important things in life than how you look in a bikini. Mostly I think I\u2019m just finally comfortable in my own skin.<\/p>\n

My body isn\u2019t perfect. I have scars, I have loose skin, I have a billion \u201cfreckles\u201d, but I\u2019m healthy and I take care of myself. I am able to go snorkeling, dive in the water, run down the beach, dance with my husband and go waterskiing. And those are the memories I want to make.<\/p>\n

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So guess what I won\u2019t have the this vacation? Six-pack abs. Guess what I will have? A big glass of wine and a damn good time.<\/p>\n

Now back to packing\u2026<\/p>\n

Are you comfortable in a bathing suit? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you always been that way?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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