what size would your bikini need to be to feel comfortable in it?

[newholiday]

Im finally feeling comfortable having a small gap where my tops reach the top of the shorts - just bought my 1st size 6 jean shorts.
Still wouldnt feel comfortable in a bikini though - did buy a 2nd tankini this yr
so those of you who are starting to wear bikinis/coming back to wearing them - what size are they? and do you really feel comfortable?

 

[gshoemate]

I just bought one at Target, but I don't know when I will wear it. I think I will wear it in my back yard first, until I feel a bit more comfortable. My bottoms are meduim and the top is large. My DD says i'm still to fat to wear it (gotta love 6 year olds and their honesty) but I looked worse a year ago.

 

[catherine]

I haven't bought a bikini, and I'm not even thinking about it, but I just wanted to add my two cents! For me it has not so much to do with size as it has to do with how toned my body is (or isn't! ) I am now wearing a size 6 and there is no way I would wear a bikini right now, because I just wouldn't feel comfortable in one. Then again I still have another 23lbs to lose! So perhaps when I get closer to my goal weight and my body is more toned, I will consider it

 

[newholiday]

I gotta agree with that! Gotta have the toned body

 

[clarabelle]

Before I lost weight- I would have thought the weight I am now (116) but now that I am there- I still have a tummy. And I have stretch marks. (I am getting an airbrushed tan today- so I am hopeing that will help)
So I am not sure if I will ever get there. I am still doing crunches!

 

[ohMom]

i will probably never wear a regular bikini. maybe next summer if my lower abs are more toned I'll consider a more conservative one, between a tankini and bikini. I wear tankini and did at my heaviest weight (too many bathroom trips when drinking water all afternoon at the pool)

my upper thighs look yukky though

 

[Lynn CC]

I don't think it's so much size as body image.
I didn't feel comfy wearing a bikini at the beach when I was a size 12 and I'm not going to wear one now that I'm a size 5.
Only at my pool when just the family is around!

I used to wear one all the time until I turned around 35ish.
They have some nice one piece bathing suits out there. I love the Nautica line!

 

[Baileymouse]

I've never worn a bikini. Maybe when I'm done losing weight, and I've had the old tummy tucked, I would consider it.

Right now I'm a 16 in bathing suits, so I'll stick with a malliot.

 

[my3princes]

I just bought a bikini for this summer. I was a size 18 last year and am now a size 8/10. I have lost 43lbs and I feel great. The bottom has a sarong type skirt that is attached which covers my upper thighs. I also bought the tankini top in case I felt uncomfortable. So far I have only worn the bikini in my back yard for tanning, but I feel good about myself. I would like to lose another 20 lbs, but I've come so far that I give myself permission to feel sexy again.