THE 10 WORST THINGS ABOUT SUMMER (#loveyourbody)

It's officially either the BEST or the WORST time of the year: SUMMER!! It is totally up to you to decide if you are going to Rock IT or hide from it miserably. You get to chose to make the most of summer 2014, no matter what size you are.

You deserve to enjoy a summer free of dieting and body shame, and full of the beach, bonfires, beers, and your besties.

To remind us all how ridiculous it is to ruin the best time of the year because you don't want to love your body, here is my (snarky) list...

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10. 4th of July

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Fantastic. A day off from work where we are supposed to wear a cute little red-white-and-blue outfit and celebrate America. It turns into feeling shitty about yesterday's fitting room session at Old Navy because your best friend has a smaller ass than you.

9. BBQs

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Yep, let's all enviably stand around deliciously salty, creamy, fresh, delicious food, and talk about how "good we are" by eating only kale salad and angrily watching our skinny neighbor go to town on potatoes and soy-sages. How dare she!

8. Longer Days

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More time time to be outside with your friends and family, actually letting them see your body? Ugh. I don't think so. Bring back those days of darkness at 3pm so you can hide your body shame in your house!

7. Baseball games

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There's nothing more all-American than celery sticks and diet soda at a baseball game, am I right? You don't need a beer, hot dog, and nachos with the drizzly cheese and jalapeños while you watch America's favorite pastime...sigh.

6. Fruit Season

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Oh good, the season of strawberries and pineapple is here. Except the only time you eat fruit is when you are on a diet, and fruit basically equals judgmental little juicy pods, wishing they were candy, because of course you can't eat candy. Pretty much anger and guilt wrapped up in an adorable seed covered strawberry.

5. Booze

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No way. Beer has way too many calories to drink while you're in shorts! You just can't be seen with a beer belly! What would your closest friends think of you! And wine, well that's too sugary, and since you are sugar-free this summer, that's out of the question. You know what sounds amazing? A cocktail-less, happy-hour-free, booze-cruise-void summer.

4. S'mores!

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Delicious little sandwiches of melty chocolate and gooey marshmallow? Not for you! You'll just angrily eat your pineapple by the fire instead... Being sticky is for suckers anyway, right?

3. Summer Love

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Falling in love during the summer really isn't all that much fun. All of those songwriters throughout time don't really know what they're talking about. It'd be much better to just hibernate through the summer until you lose those last five pounds and start dating when the weather gets grizzly. That sounds like so much more fun!

2. Vacations

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There really isn't anything worse than the unscheduled feeling of being on vacation and being able to do whatever you want whenever you want. With that type of freedom, you'd probably just "go crazy" on food and gain 100 pounds. Better wait until next year when you finally find your willpower!

1. Bathing Suits!

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You are so uncomfortable in your own skin, you are better off under a giant "cover up", sitting on the side of the pool on the hottest day of the year. It doesn't look like that much fun swimming in the refreshing water, on a floaty with a little umbrella drink. No thank you! Arms crossed on the chaise lounge under 2 beach towels, please!

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Guess what? This is RIDICULOUS.

Summer is amazing, and you are fabulous no matter what your size.

You deserve a summer free of dieting and free of hating your body!

Screw the rule that says you need to be a size 2 to wear a bikini and have fun this summer. Rock what you got, and be an inspiration for those who are still stuck in these depressed thoughts.

A change in society begins with you, my darling.

Be kind to yourself this SUMMER,

Mags