What Exactly Are Women Self Conscious of at the beach? (or just being in a bathing suit)

i was really self consous but I started a work out routine to stay toned and if I could walk through town in just my bikini then I would! because I look good.

but when I was freaked out any jiggle of the leg- too small of breasts-small ass-what if I get a wedgie OMG is that cellulite o wait no whew but what if?

ya I know sooo many girls who buy 100 + dollar bathing suits to put on a cover and mope about how "fat" they are

I have no problem with wearing a bikini . I keep in shape and have no probelm with showing it off. The reason that most girls have problems with waearing bikini's is because they are either self-concious or not in the best shape

I have no problem strutin my stuff in a bikini. Hell, half the time I run around at home and my best friend's houses in just my underwear and a tanktop or bra and shorts.

It's all a matter of being comfortable in your own skin. I used to have a bangin, bangin body.but it's not as bangin as it was a few months back. I still look damn good tho and once I kick my ass and hit the gym regularly again (after all I am still payin monthly for it) then it'll be back to DAMN status.

But what makes it DAMN status isn't cus I have big, fake boobs or no jiggle on my arms, etc.it's my own confidence. I still do have that confidence, just not the way I used to.

If all girls just accepted what they look like and loved their body for what it is then no one would have a problem baring it all in a bikini.

Gotta love yourself before you can ever love someone else.

any and all flabby parts that we don't like about our own bodies. doesn't bother me around my signifigant other if I'm in a relationship. but going to the beach. we know how a lot of people sit there and people watch and make their comments as people walk by. if your critical on you certain parts of your body, you know that others are going to see them as giantic. or you don't want kids running up to mistaken you for some animal that got beached. jk, I hope I never have that problem. I have a long ways to go. just trying to find humor in our supidity worrying about what others think.

first of all.a baithing suit is pretty much the same thing as underwear for women.bra=bikini top, bottoms=panties.same thing. So basically we are going out their in our underwear. of course we are going to be self concious.do I really need to go into the media and advertising telling us that we must be perfect. all women have an ideal body that most don't ever achieve. so anytime they have to jump into a bathing suit they are never satisfied. not to mention its like getting in front of people in your underwear.something you usually don't do. its a girl thing.i don't think guys could ever really understand. Trust me. I live in Hawaii.I know what girls think about baithing suits.its just how it is. Especially in hawaii, where girls wear bikinis that are much smaller that suits worn on the mainland.

Its not low self esteem.
Its insecurity.
We all have insecurities. And we tend to hide em. It could be a personality thing, financial thing, facial thing, appearance, etc -- whatever our insecurities are we don't like exposing em. We hide em. Don't we? If we feel insecure in a relationship, we try not to show it. Or at work. Or with friends. People.
I think that applies to women in bikinis too. If they are insecure about their bodies, or a part of their body, then they feel very uncomfortable exposing them. In public.
Also, I think a lot of them are afraid of what other people will think.

To be completely honest, you can't hide anything in a bathing suit. No one's perfect, but it's a lot easier to hide your flaws in jeans or sweatpants than it is in a bathing suit. You may be the only person who notices those flaws, but you have it in your mind that everyone else sees them too. So, bathing suits can be a bit intimidating.

I don't think it's necessarily low self-esteem but comfort level. People don't walk around practically naked all the time so it can be awkward to suddenly be so exposed, even if they think their bodies are killer or not. Everyone always checks out everyone else in bathing suits, that's just how it is, so you know everyone is going to be looking at you it adds extra pressure.

My solution: just suck it up. It's a bathing suit and everyone wears them. I want to have fun at the beach, pool or whatever and I won't be able to do that fully-clothed.

exactly as you said,
low self-esteem, and the thoughts of others
[especially guys].
they fear that they look extremely ugly, fat, etc.
when they don't at all.
or it could be a family/religious thing,
where they aren't allowed to show certain parts of the body.
it also has a lot to do with society,
where we see women in magazines and on tv
looking gorgeous and thin.
so some of some think that if we don't look that way,
then everyone will think we'll be laughed at.

I would guess that it is their internal dialogue telling them that other are thinking this (anything negative usually eww she is fat-tall-thin-short-anything negative) This is how a great number of fights start between two people and that is of their internal conversation telling them (that someone thinks poorly of them) It is our filters that we have in place that cause the true distortion of people and our view of the world and the folks and stuff in it. When IN FACT it is no more than our own goofy perception of it.
Perhaps try this: Next time you think someone is upset or angry with you or thinking something negative-ask them what they are thinking and see if you have it made up correctly all the time.
Have fun and good luck.
BC

One More Thing
I have chosen to always take the following point of view except when it is feedback to learn from. If you cannot get me into or keep me from heaven and you do not sign my checks-your opinion matters not. But of course I want everyone to like me-lol