About Me & the Blog
Who is behind “Bikini After 40″ and what’s it all about? Well, my name is Suzanne and I’m a newlywed and “mom” to five amazing kids (my 3 and his 2 … ages 8, 10, 11, 12, 14). We live in the Texas Hill Country where my husband and I both work from home full time (it’s a LOT of togetherness LOL).
I had my first child (Austin 14) at 30 and Nathan and Emily shortly thereafter and I’ve never taken the extra weight off (about 29 lbs. at the time I started this blog). I haven’t ever been one to concentrate on health and fitness … and I’m finding it’s been a lot harder in my 40′s to keep the weight off. I’m 5’9″ with a large bone structure so I can pack it on and often not know it until I weigh in and/or try on something that is snug.
My husband, Ken, owns a business in the watersports industry (specifically wakeboarding) so we are on the boat 9 months out of the year and I’m not happy with my body at all. It probably doesn’t help much that he’s 9 years younger than I am and most of our boating friends are in their 20′s or 30′s … so I’m often very down on myself for gaining the weight.
My husband likes bikinis (especially the really skimpy ones LOL) and you know … so do I … but I really do want to look great in my suit … so I’m very committed to my goal of getting back to 158 (if not less).
I’m not a fitness trainer, a health professional, a nutritionist … and I don’t sell or represent any company or products in the fitness/diet/nutrition industry. I am a blogger and an internet marketer so from time to time I will add affiliate links to some products that I like or that I’m using (like to Amazon or eBay for instance) and I’m willing to accept advertising on the site if it’s something that compliments what I’m writing about here on the blog.
I’d love to grow a community of women who would also like to look amazing in a bikini after 40 (or at any age for that matter) so we can encourage and support each other and be successful together. If you’re interested you can join in by commenting on the posts, posting your own journal here on the blog, by submitting a guest article or whatever you’d like … and please let me know how we can help each other ok?
I look forward to getting to know you so please introduce yourself. You can find me a number of ways:
YouTube: Bikini After 40 … and … Suzanne
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{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }
Nice to meet you Suzanne,
YOu can do this, the first thing is your great attitude. Have you bought your bikini yet? A real life visual near will make that goal become real!
Congrats on your new marriage
Deborah Peters´s last [type] ..Inspirational Message & Goal Setting, Phx Artist & Coach Deborah Peters
Hi Suzanne,
Nice meeting you here on the web. Like Deborah, I think you need to get that bikini and put it where to visually fall over it frequently. Even an interim one would be more rewarding, quicker
Well I’m a truckers, and do quite a bit of physical work on deliveries, but worry about when the time comes, when my mlm or affiliate biz takes me along the road to e-z lifestyle. But I guess I won’t worry ’til then.
Take Care!
John from (near) Ottawa, Canada