I lost over forty pounds in just under a year doing these small tricks and basically eating what I wanted, so I thought I would share them with you! Here are some little ways to lose weight without really feeling like you're on a diet.

1. Don't drink calories.

We've already given you some great diet advice for getting that perfect bikini body. You know what foods to eat and which to avoid but we thought it'd be useful to give you ladies a sample meal plan for a day so we enlisted one of our fitness expert's Brooke Mora to help us out.

It's Day 4 of our Bikini Bootcamp so hopefully you've started your food journal and are feeling more confident about how to maintain a healthy diet. As they say, you are what you eat. The goal is to speed up your metabolism not slow it down so we've compiled a list of the types of foods you should/should not eat.

Healthy eating is about making smart choices, having more energy and keeping yourself as healthy as possible. We have all heard the saying “work smarter not harder”. If you eat “smarter” you will create less work for you in the gym. Life is about choices. Each one of us can make our own decisions, but we do need some guidelines. Here are a few for you to follow:

Welcome to Day 1 of our Bikini Bootcamp. We have one goal in mind which is to look and feel our best! So without further ado, our focus for Day 1 is key to really coming out of this with an A+ result. With anything in life your success is directly correlated to your dedication. For instance, an athlete won't perform their best without being religious about practicing their sport.

Seriously, if I see one more berry pill or powder on TV that is being touted as the latest and greatest miracle diet - I am going to hang myself with a Marc Jacobs Stam bag. Unless you count lipo or a prescription diet pill - there is no magic to losing weight - it is all about diet and exercise and getting the right nutrients into your body.

Many times we read an article about a generalized diet program that was designed for one person or for people that don't match up to our lifestlye or genetic make up. The following article written by Elizabeth Somer gives us the 7 red flags of a bad diet. In other words, that "restricted diet" you may be on could be a bad fit and making you fat -- not fit. If you are noticing any of these symptoms it is probably time to "tweak" your diet. 

Have you ever ate everything in sight trying to find exactly what you were craving, only to realize  nothing you had eaten had quenched the satisfaction you were looking for? It could be that you were just thirsty. The following is an article written by Lee Andrew Henderson that I give to my clients  usually after they tell me they had a "binge day"