I was recently on holiday in northern Germany, had a stunning time on the beaches, and although I've lost weight, I still had that pang in the back of my mind when I first wanted to go nude on the beach. That pang being my self-conscious going, people are going to look and judge.
So, I did what I always do, got into my birthday suit, and walked straight into the water. I heard a gentleman saying something to me, turned around, and said, sorry, but my German isn't very good. He walked up to me (naked to) with his wife, and said that the water was deeper on the last.
We ended up having a fantastic chat, and that, that's one of the major reasons that I live being a nudist. Because for the most part, people don't judge, people don't care, fat, thin, short, tall, gay, straight, it really doesn't, nor should it matter.