"PICTURE THAT BIKINI BODY": BABE, I DON'T HAVE TO.

Hey hey babes! Happy Monday! I hope you all had the best week. Thank you so much for bearing with me and this crazy schedule I’ve had over the past week. Ha ha. I went on a getaway to Croatia with my family and it was incredible. Now, let’s make this week a good one! Okay. Let's chat.

Since being back, I want to talk to you all about embracing your body on holiday. Providing your body with rest and rejuvenation is SO IMPORTANT. Sunbathing by the pool all day in your bikini and eating the yummiest food can sometimes come with feelings of guilt. We are all human and there’s no doubt we all have days when we don’t like what we see in the mirror and that is completely NORMAL. As much as I am such an advocate of loving your body from head to toe, I had moments throughout the trip when I felt guilty for nourishing my body with the yummiest food and simply letting my body REST. Don’t ever feel guilty for enjoying the relaxation that a holiday can bring. Put on your bikini, tuck into that delicious pizza, drink as many aperol spritz as your heart desires and give your body the rest that it deserves.

I LOVED swimming in the sea and catching my stretch marks in the sun. It's such a gorgeous thing. Listen, at the end of the day NO ONE CARES WHAT YOUR BODY LOOKS LIKE. I saw so many gorgeous people of all shapes and sizes having the time of their lives! Ordering a pina colada at the beach bar, running into the sea like something out of Baywatch, making memories that will last them a lifetime. Please, do NOT deprive yourself of making your own memories just because your brain is telling you that you don't deserve to. You absolutely do. Live your life to the fullest and don't let your body type dictate how much fun you're allowed to have.

There is such a stigma surrounding what makes a "bikini body", like it's some end goal we have to achieve. No. Nah ah. A bikini body is a body in a bikini. Period. When I was younger, I didn't even bat an eyelid when it came to "having a bikini body". I just saw people enjoying themselves, living their life to the fullest and making the most of what they worked hard to give themselves...AN AMAZING HOLIDAY. See the world through the eyes of your younger self. They just saw people having fun, which is exactly what a holiday should be. Give yourself some extra loving today. You got this boo. I'll see you all Sunday.

Big love always,

Lucy Xxx