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Just Wear the Suit: How We Can All Support Each Other

It's bathing suit season.  And I'm sharing my huge goal……for how we can all support each other to shed our inhibitions this summer and to create a community that helps us discuss how to feel confident in a bathing suit.  From cute bathing suits to mom bathing suits to positive self image mantras……we do it all here.

How cute is this black one piece bathing suit? Super flattering on a pear shaped body!

Two.  That's the amount of times I'd worn a bathing suit since Lydia was born before last summer.  And we live in Southern California.  And also two.  The amount of times I practically broke down in tears before putting those suits on.  Now, I get that this sounds ridiculous and maybe even a little self centered.  Look at our world.  And I care THIS much about putting on a bathing suit? How is that even possible?  Insecurities are funny that way, right? They lie to you.  They steal your energy.  They suck your attention.  You fixate on the size of your thighs instead of your toddler's first time at the beach.  You tell your husband to not take ANY pictures of you with your baby in the sand, because all you can think is that you don't ACTUALLY want to see what your post-baby belly looks like.  You'd rather live in the ignorance is bliss category (and in clothes, it doesn't look THAT bad).

Just Wear the Suit: Cute Bathing Suits and Self Confidence

It has arrived.  Summer.  Enter longer days, no alarm clocks, pool parties and…….hopefully cute bathing suits.  Did you just cringe a little? It's ok, I totally get it.  It kind of takes the fun out of the summer.  RIGHT?  All of sudden you're concerned about the size of your thighs or how things have gone a little south in the last few years.  The focus has been taken off those memories with your family, and has moved over to your fears and insecurities.

How cute is this black one piece bathing suit? Super flattering on a pear shaped body!

And trust me, I get it.  If I'm being honest, I've spent most of my life being uncomfortable in a bathing suit.  As soon as I was old enough to be aware, I realized my hips were too big and my thighs rubbed together.  In my twenties, I strict dieted down to a slightly smaller size……but my insecurities didn't shrink as the number on the label did.  They remained.

Looking for a great black one piece bathing suit? This one is adorable!If you've been around these parts for awhile, then you know that a few summers I had my own mini-revolution.  I JUST GOT OVER IT.  The insecurity, the hiding at the pool.  I'd had enough.  With the support of all of YOU, I shot pictures in a bathing suit and I put them on the internet for the world to see.  Why? I figured if you'd all seen them already…..I wouldn't care about a few women at our local pool anymore.  And while it wasn't exactly a magic fix, what I did do….was realize I wasn't ALONE.  That so many of us felt this way and we were sick of it.  So I spent that summer wearing cute bathing suits, taking photos, and ENJOYING myself (yup, I even found the perfect mom bathing suits to add to my collection for pool days with my daughter).  And by the beginning of THIS summer? I can't wait to hit the beach.  Yup, seriously.  Somehow along the way……my mindset shifted.  And I just don't feel trapped in my own body anymore.  Crazy right?

On the search for a black one piece bathing suit? This one is ADORABLE!

So, I didn't want to keep it to myself.  This feeling? We all deserve to have it.  And now, I'm here to give YOU all the same support you gave me.  The same encouragement I felt? I want each of you to feel it.

How cute is this black one piece bathing suit? Super flattering on a pear shaped body!

Last summer, we launched #justwearthesuit.  And it's pretty simple.  Wear your cute bathing suits. Wear your mom bathing suits. Take a photo.  Use the hashtag.  If you choose, talk about how to feel confident in a bathing suit.  Your pictures will show up on Instagram for all of us to see and support.  I'll be sharing all of you in my Instagram stories.

Do it ladies.  I promise…..a happier, healthier you is on the other side.  And I'll be cheering you on…..we all will.

Just Wear The Suit Carly

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💕 Double Tap if this space just….makes you sm 💕 Double Tap if this space just….makes you smile.💕

✨One of my favorite spots on the Disney Wish? The Bayou Lounge.  It’s stunning.  Perfectly detailed, ornate and plush and feels like……..a place you’d love to sit and sip on something fabulous.  There is live music in the evenings, there are beignets all day, and fancy drinks too.  It’s perfect for….one of my favs.

✨Is she one of your favorites too? (ps swipe for an iconic appearance)

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💦 I had to: full Disney Wish Aquamouse report 💦

For research purposes…..since anything that combines Disney and bathing suits is a requirement in my book.

Scroll to see my ride cam and reactions (and a sneak peak at Disney’s first attraction at sea).

Is it scary? No. 
Will kids like it? Yes.
Will adults like it? Yes.
Is it adorable? 100% yes.

Now…..would you ride the Aquamouse? Drop a yes or no in the comments. 

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❄️ some things never change…..❄️ Favori ❄️ some things never change…..❄️

Favorite place today ➡️ 2020 ➡️ 2018 

We spent the day on Castaway Cay and it was just as blissful as ever. 

Now, headed to the dinner we were the most excited about….can you guess what it is???

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🚢Let’s sail awayyyyyyy! 🌊What a day…… 🚢Let’s sail awayyyyyyy!

🌊What a day……this post comes from somewhere in the ocean because the Disney Wish Christening Cruise has officially begun.

💫This day has been even more special than I could have imagined and I am so excited to explore the ship!

Swipe to see our state room and the sail away party!

Now, what details of the ship do you want to see???

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🧀Say Cheeseeeeeeee!🧀⠀ ⠀ <hosted by Disne 🧀Say Cheeseeeeeeee!🧀⠀
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<hosted by Disney> I had ONE thing I wanted to do during our day at Epcot before we sail away for the Christening of the Disney Wish tomorrow.  And it lived up to every expectation I had. ⠀
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Seriously, this ride is a magical addition to the parks (and I know WDW people it’s not new to you but it was new to us Disneylanders…..I’m SO glad I didn’t watch ride spoilers beforehand……it was so fun to experience it this way!)⠀
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So, if you had to pick ONE thing to do at Walt Disney World….what would your priority be? Now I have to know (and why is it something Epcot related).⠀
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#Isaidwhatisaid #DisneyCruise #DisneyWish #DisneyChristening @disneycruiseline @disneyparks
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