Summer!
By anna | June 23, 2011
I keep waiting for summer to arrive here in the PNW. It tried a few days ago but I want the kind of heat that has you heading for the nearest pool to jump in and cool off.
Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura
ché la diritta via era smarrita.
♦
In the middle of the journey of our life
I found myself astray in a dark wood
where the straight road had been lost sight of.
(trans. Seamus Heaney)
Freya bikini at Nordstrom
Every summer I want to fit into a bikini and every summer I let that chance slip away by not staying true to my weight loss. This year, I want to stop the cycle and by the end of the summer fit into a two-piece swimsuit. It doesn’t have to be something skimpy, maybe more like the bikini in the picture.
This means I have to be devoted to weight loss. I’ve always acted like it was a hobby, not so much a change of life. I do it when I think about it or have time. But that’s only landed me in the same situation summer after summer – a frumpy black one-piece that reveals my lack of curves.
It’s May 20 and by Labor Day weekend I want to be slipping into that bikini without embarrassment. I want that black one-piece to be a distant memory.
I think I finally get this weight loss thing. Sure, it’s ever-changing but the one constant is well, being constant. You have to diligent, even in the most trying times. It’s good to have goals but those have to be constant as well. You can’t stop once you hit a milestone, you have to keep going.
