[JulieB]

I got a couple suits from Land's End last year - they fit really well -some of them even have underwire bras right in them so you get some control. I also like tankinis - looks like you are wearing shorts and a tank-top, but they are made for swimming (and will dry out MUCH faster than street clothes).

I totally get what you are saying though - we spend our summer week-ends on the beach & a couple weeks in Mexico in the winter and I LOVE the water...but hate being seen in a bathing suit. I wear a cover-up & take it off just before I get in the water and wrap a towel around myself when I get out...I don't worry about it when I'm IN the water - you really can't see anything anyway .

I try not to care what other people think...but it is hard. I try to think about it this way: I could be sitting on the beach eating ice-cream - and have something to be embarrased about, or be in the water getting some exercise - and have something to be proud of. I still walk pretty fast from the towel to the water tho