Get into Swimsuit Shape

Swimsuit season is coming! 

Here are some doable tips to help you get in bikini shape fast!

set realistic goals. challenge yourself but don't do too much too soon. if you've been sedentary for over a few months, start off with brisk walking and 1-2 days of strength training using your own body weight or light weights...

increase daily activity with simple adjustments: park farther away, take the stairs, lunge or squat down to pick something up instead of bending at the waist, do curls with your grocery bags as you carry them into the house, eat lunch at your desk and walk at lunch, miss traffic and go to the gym during rush hour, avoid sitting for long periods of time (set the alarm and take a walk every hour), incorporate "play" into your daily routine: dance, play chase or hopscotch with the kids, jog with the dogs

exercise at the same time every day, strive to make it a routine like brushing your teeth every morning

do 20 minutes of cardio. 5 times per week: brisk walking, jogging, cycling, jump rope

strength train: lift weights for your entire body 5 times per week. Follow along with my Kiana's Fit Mom TV™ 12 week Fitness System or my Flex Appeal Videos

omit all white bread, sugar, soda, salt

drink 6-8 glasses of 8oz. water per day to hydrate your skin and flush toxins out of your body

eat 5 mini meals per day that include fresh veggies (steamed or raw), lean skinless meat (grilled or baked), brown rice or yams, lots of fresh fruit

eat protein with every meal: hard boiled eggs, natural peanut butter, roasted chicken or turkey, egg whites, protein shake, lean steak or other cuts of meat, soy milk, Fage greek yogurt

get a spray tan. if you look tan, your body will look leaner and more defined.