Day 88 – Bikini Ready

So, pretty much every woman I know has some sort of summer prep diet or exercise plan. Let’s face it…in the winter we just eat more- it is what it is. I never let myself get too out of control and just embrace the extra winter comfort food. I stay active and work out fairly regularly (nothing crazy) but I enjoy Zumba, Yoga and Spin classes and cardio at the gym. But I do usually make a few adjustments just before it’s time to get into my bikini for the first time- you know to shed that extra 5 pounds that seems to make such a difference.

I figure I am probably about a month away from beach time, so now is the perfect time to start my “Bikini Ready” plan. So my plan (it has worked in the past) is to eat celery throughout the day. It’s just that simple. Because celery is a negative-calorie food, it takes the body more calories to digest it than the food itself contains. A single stalk of celery has only one calorie, btw. And once I’m done chewing a stalk I feel like I’ve been eating for a long time and don’t feel like eating much else.

So, amongst this extremely busy day, that’s exactly what I did. I started my celery snacks. I will increase the amount of lemon water I drink and in the afternoon add cucumber slices to my water and I should be good to go in a few weeks to get right back into my bikini and hit the beaches here HARD! (lol) Today was a really good day and with this intention I feel one step closer to summer- yay. #HGAL