Summer Bikini Bummer
Here we go about to embark into summer and you look at your swimsuits from last year and wonder how they shrunk when you haven’t even washed them. Wait a minute. It’s not the bikini that got smaller, you got bigger. How did that happen? You were mentally ready on January 1st to lose those extra pounds, but by January 10th your heart just wasn’t in it anymore. You shed a few pounds, but spring came and you got more active, so that meant you could eat more because you’re burning more calories since you are exercising more. Just like a bear that wakes up from his long winter break, you started eating and eating. Now it’s time to get back into shape.
Summer is around the corner and summer bikini bummer is right in your face. Let’s deal with it and start working on your tummy now. Try different exercises that work the whole core. You don’t want to concentrate so much on your abs that the rest of your muscles get neglected. Pilates is a great way to exercise the entire core. WebMD has a great slide show on Abs, the name of the section is called, Ab Envy and you can link to it here. Ab Envy Slide show . A few of the exercises they reveal are:
- The Canoe Twist
- The Cat Kick
- The Pilates Zip Up
- normal everyday “extras” to help abs
The main point is that if you start a few months before summer and exercise more and make good choices towards eating healthy, the Summer Bikini Bummer will be a thing of the past.
What do you think? How long does it take you to get into shape for the summer bikini months? Do you work out all year so you don’t have this issue, or do you feel like your weight creeps up more and more every year and you have to try harder and harder to get it off? Let me know what you think.
