"Sorry, I can't grab seconds. I'm going somewhere tropical during Spring Break and I need to look good."

It has because a norm in our society that when we go on vacation or to the beach or really anywhere we feel we have to impress others, we must starve ourselves or exert our bodies so viciously until we reach our desired body image to fit into a bathing suit or other types of clothing that show off our skin. We skip dessert, spend too many long hours at the gym, or disregard meals altogether.

While not everyone does this, the people that do experience these regimes complete them because society has morphed their brain into thinking that they must have a flat stomach, a large thigh gap, and protruded collarbones and hipbones to be labeled as attractive. All in all, you must be society's definition of skinny to be in a bathing suit, especially a bikini.

You know what I say?

Society can kiss my derrière.

While I like to consider myself as a healthy eater and a rather active individual, I do not possess a flat stomach (even when I suck in as hard as I can), my thighs are monstrous, and my collarbones only show if I hunch my back. Though I wish that the fat on my arms were nonexistent, they flap like wings of a chicken, maybe majestic enough to be compared to a unicorn. It is especially difficult to achieve a flat stomach because of organ placement in our bodies with most resting at the lower abdomen, resulting in a little bit of budge. Absolutely normal. Thighs contain an abundance of muscle that helps our legs carry us around all day, why would I want any less thigh strength?

Cellulite and stretch marks are perfectly OK!

I probably have one of the flattest butts of everyone in North America and I still have cellulite! It is natural and can be difficult to get rid of. Our bodies are the universe and our stretch marks are the rivers that flow within us. You got a whole galaxy up in there! I also have eczema, which can get pretty harsh during hot weather and can even burn if I go into the water. I can use more lotion while moisturizing than a middle-school-aged boy "pleasuring himself" and still end up looking like a scaly mess. People don't want to see my rashes and my scars from bad flare-ups? Too bad, I got it right here for you!

I love to eat and sometimes that includes unhealthy food too. I can sit down and finish a whole bag of family-size chips in one setting or decide on a salad for a snack. It doesn't matter because I am happy with myself either way.

If I must sacrifice my enjoyment and my well-being for people not wanting to see my body or its "imperfections" when I just want to relax on a vacation, count me out.

I have more than enough things to be stressed out about with school, work, and other obligations, I do not need to be worried about what people think of my skin vessel. Embrace your body and do what makes you and only you cheerful. You owe nothing to anyone.

So sit back, relax, and have that extra slice of cake because anybody you put into a bikini is a bikini body.