7 SLIMDOWN RULES TO GET YOU BIKINI READY IN A WEEK

Booked a last-minute holiday? Don't fret, we've got seven easy tweaks to get you feeling lighter and firmer in no time.

How do you slim down and get bikini ready in a week?

'Going hungry isn't good for anyone. Eventually, you'll end up breaking down and overeating', says nutritionist Carrie Wiatt.

Instead, just implement these simple tweaks (and keep it up until you step off that plane) to de-bloat and get lean fast. Cut-out swimsuit, here you come!

1/ ELIMINATE PROCESSED FOODS

They're easy to get sucked into, yet unsatisfying. 'They make you crave more food than your body needs,' says Wiatt. If you can't pronounce the ingredients, the food is off-limits. Or find a greengrocer for foods with no label at all.

Get fit fast: Three quick and easy bikini-body workouts

Not everybody has the time to visit the gym but just a few minutes of these intense exercises can get your heart racing, endorphins flowing and kick-start your metabolism - which can continue to burn calories for up to 24 hours after you've finished.

This basic routine, compiled by British Military Fitness, hits all of your major muscle groups. The exercises are quick and simple and don't require any equipment so you can do them from the comfort of your living room.

The combination of the plank, tummy crunch and burpee tone the whole body, fire up fat burning and build lean metabolism-charging muscle.

How To Stick With The Bikini Body Guide

Starting my Bikini Body Training Guide, or any new exercise regime for that matter, can be quite daunting. You may be doubting your ability or feel like you’re not fit enough. At the same time, it is also a really exciting time! You are full of motivation and are ready to kickstart your new, healthy lifestyle. For most people, the first few weeks can seem really easy. You’re getting up early, you’re training most days of the week, you’re eating healthy. Then you hit the four week mark and you feel like your motivation is starting to slip away. You begin doubting yourself and your abilities again. You begin to choose sleep over training. And you begin eating whatever you want whenever you want. While some people are able to pull themselves out of this slump, others may choose to give up on the program and stop exercising altogether. This scenario is very common, especially if you are new to exercise. While it is perfectly normal to feel overwhelmed, I’ve provided you with some tips to help you push through and get past these barriers:

Blake Lively’s Incredible Bikini Body After Baby! Her Trainer Tells All

Just when you thought bikini season was over, Blake Lively proves that it’s still going strong!

The actress, 28, was spotted in Australia last week shooting scenes for the upcoming shark thriller The Shallows in a teeny, tiny, two-piece — and she looks fabulous. Since giving birth to her daughter James in December 2014 she’s been vocal about pressure on new moms to drop the baby weight. “There’s pressure to lose it…I think it’s silly,” she told the BBC in May, adding that she wasn’t “obsessing” about regaining her pre-baby physique at that time. Clearly her strategy has paid off!

So how did she do it? Lively’s trainer Don Saladino (who Lively said knows “how to kick my butt”) opened up to PEOPLE exclusively about the regimen she started in preparation for the upcoming movie. “This is way beyond having her just look great in a bikini,” he says. “That’s important, but it’s about keeping her energy level high and making sure that, day in and day out when she’s shooting this film, her recovery is optimal.”

With only two months to prep for the beachside shoot, Saladino increased Lively’s workouts from once or twice a week to five or six times a week. “We would do an upper body workout Monday, lower body Tuesday. Wednesday was a playful pool workout where she would do laps,” he says. “Thursday was upper body, Friday lower body, and Saturday we were focusing on the accessory movers: the arms, the shoulders.”

Five Ways To Get in Bikini-Body Shape, FAST!

Struggling to shed that 10pounds you gained over winter?

Worried you won’t have your bikini body in time for summer? We’ve put together five fat burning tips that will guarantee you a bikini body!

Five ways to get in bikini-body shape, fast!

Sweat

We all wish that our bikini body would just appear around summer time, sadly it just doesn’t happen. You’re going to have to start working out. Commit to a strength program, don’t be afraid to lift weights and getting your sweat on. It will not only tone your body up but increase your metabolism. Increasing your metabolism will allow your body to continue to burn fat when you’re not working out. Tip: We recommend working out earlier in the day, this helps kick start your metabolism for the rest of the day

21-Day Bikini-Body Challenge

Get set for summer with health and fitness tips that help tone, cleanse, and whip you into a beach-ready state of mind

DAY 1: GET ADEQUATE AMOUNTS OF SLEEP

Though it may be tempting to stay up watching the contents of your DVR, studies suggest that getting seven to eight hours of shut-eye a night is necessary to ward off weight gain. Separate research done by the University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania, for example, revealed that sleep-restricted subjects gained more weight over time than those who were well rested. Culprits behind sleep-deprived weight gain are believed to be leptin and ghrelin, two hormones that affect how full you feel. When you’re short on sleep, levels of leptin (an appetite suppressant) fall and levels of ghrelin (an appetite stimulant) rise—so you feel hungrier than you would otherwise.

DAY 2: DETOX RESPONSIBLY

Don’t let the bad rap that certain cleanses have received turn you off to the nutrient-rich benefits of juicing. “Doing a three-day juice fast through a program like Blueprint Cleanse or Organic Avenue is a safe and healthy way to detox,” says Oz Garcia, PhD, nutrition specialist to Heidi Klum and Hilary Swank. For maximum comfort and effects, Eric Helms, cofounder of the new Cooler Cleanse (Salma Hayek is his business partner), stresses the importance of easing your body in and out of the practice. One to three days before and after, consume nutritious, easily digestible foods and avoid anything processed, caffeinated, alcoholic, sugary, or artificially flavored. Red meat, dairy products, and nonorganic peanut butter are also on Helms’ do-not-eat list.

Can you get Michelle Keegan's bikini body in 12 days with just 15 minutes of exercise a day?

This summer, “Are You Beach Body Ready?” has become the most controversial sentence in the English language. To my mind though, the response to it is simple: “Er, no”.

Okay, I'm not overweight but disguised beneath figure-flattering dresses, there's a creeping ring of flab around the middle. Not pretty, and also not healthy: it's the stuff that's linked to heart disease and diabetes.

Problem is, as a mum of two with a hectic working week and zero 'me time' at weekends, I've told myself I don't have time to shift it. Usually shortly before diving into the office biscuit jar because, well, who has time for a proper lunch break anyway?

But what if it was possible to shift 7lb of fat in 12 days, doing just 15 minutes of exercise? That's the startling claim behind Educogym, a hardcore diet and exercise programme.

Get a bikini body in 2 months: the ultimate diet and workout plan

THE BIKINI BODY STARTS IN THE BRAIN

It happens every year: spring. It’s around the corner and so is the reality that we will all be sitting scantily clad in bikinis, sundresses, crop tops, maillots, daisy dukes or whatever small articles of clothing we like to wear during the season that follows: summer.

As spring emerges, so do the group boot camps at local parks, the sightings of running clubs and their new recruits splashed about town, and the thought of a juice cleanse becomes a whole lot more commonplace. The scramble is on for tight tushes, lean midsections and toned arms. In the mirror, standing in our skivvies, we decide to put off taking that selfie, as we affirm to ourselves that 10 pounds put on during winter has to go.

20 Easy and Effective Ways to Get Ready for Bikini Season ...

It’s summer, it’s bikini season… are you ready?

If not, well, you and I have a lot in common… we need to get ready for bikini season!

It’s time to tone up, change our diets and little, and figure out all the best ways to prepare for bare!

What do we still need to do?

I have a handy list, ready to go.

Here are 20 easy and effective ways to get ready for bikini season.

I’m ready!

1. TAKE CARE OF HAIR

Step one: take care of the hair down there! Whether you shave or wax (or both), the best way to get ready for bikini season is to tidy up your bikini area… you don’t want anything to distract from how gorgeous you are, right?

30-Day Countdown to Your Best Summer Body

Everything you need to greet the season with a body built for your teeniest bikini

Establish a Baseline

A successful workout program requires tracking and progression, says Brynn Jinnett, owner of the Refine Method in New York City. By keeping tabs of your fitness, you'll be more inclined to improve it. Create a baseline fitness test, making sure to include moves that measure the strength of all of your major muscles. Maybe you gauge things like the number of pushups you can do, how long you can hold a plank, how many lunges you can do in 60 seconds, and how long you can hold a wall squat. Then make it your goal to beat those numbers one month from now.

Become a Front-Loader

If you're trying to slim down, consume a majority of your calories before 3 p.m., says Paul Arciero, D.P.E., a professor of nutrition and exercise science at Skidmore College. People who eat their biggest meals early in the day shed more weight than those who eat the same number of calories with a majority of them later in the day. So keep your dinners light and don't let lunch get pushed back into the late afternoon.