Summer can be the best time to jump-start a healthy lifestyle — after all, it's full of fresh produce to help inspire healthy home-cooked meals and long days that inspire activity, and you'll be able to show off all your hard work with months of skin-baring weather. And while an all-consuming, unrealistic quest for the perfect bikini body shouldn't be the reason you want to lose weight, making changes that help you feel and look your best will always be in season.

Tell us below what — if any — your weight-loss goals are, then head over to our Bikini Body calendar — we're counting down to the start of Summer with a workout plan to help you be stronger and leaner in just 31 days. Don't forget to enter our Bikini Body Countdown Giveaway, too!

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