I drove past an advertisement for a gym the other day that I thought was exactly spot-on. It simply read, “It’s so amazing how all your clothes from last summer seemed to shrink.” That’s one clever copywriter and probably someone who has also had an experience with the battle with the bulge. 

I’ll admit when I was picking out clothes to wear Memorial Day weekend in Avalon I asked myself (unfortunately more than once), “I thought I wore this last summer and I remember it actually looking good? What happened?” 

Then reality set in. The reality of a winter filled with excuses of why I couldn’t get to my training sessions. The nights I went straight home to my couch after a tiring day instead of getting an extra workout in or doing some much needed cardio. You can’t hide behind summer clothes—they reveal every excuse and every time you chose to put something in your mouth that you know you should have passed on. 

The past is the past and now it’s time to stop the complaining and start doing what’s needed to get back into those white skinny jeans or those shorts that you swore buttoned last year. And when (that’s right I said when, not if) you stay on track imagine how many fabulous clothing options you’ll have to wear Labor Day weekend.

Tara Behan

Senior Editor

Main Line Today Magazine