Swedish model Kelly Gale is channeling her inner movie star on a beautiful sun-kissed beach. Gale, 27, shared pictures of herself posing in the sand in a zebra-print bathing suit, and fans couldn't get enough of her glamorous looks. "Bond Girl," one commenter said. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Gale stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!
Gale's approach to healthy eating is to treat it as a lifestyle instead of a diet. "I eat very healthy all year round," she says. "Cooking healthy, nutritious and delicious meals is one of my biggest passions so eating "healthy" for me isn't 'eating healthy', it's just eating. I've never actually known anything other than nutritious foods. I've grown up with a mother who is a doctor, dentist and cancer researcher who also happens to be an amazing cook. While I was growing up she always made me and my brothers healthy meals similar to what I eat today."
Gale snacks on raw dark chocolate every day, which is abundant in flavonoids. "The higher percentage of cocoa solids, the more flavonoids and the lower sugar," says Devon Peart, MHSc, BASc, RD. "If you're doing 75% or 80% dark chocolate, there'll be less added sugar than if you were at 50% dark chocolate."
Gale avoids added sugar and high-sodium foods. "Four weeks before the show I like to kick it in high gear," she says. "Which for me means cutting out sodium. I try to stay away from all kinds of sugars except for the sugars I get from the berries in my breakfast and coconut sugar from the occasional raw vegan chocolate bar that I eat."
Gale meditates to deal with stress. "I'm probably impossible to get hold of when I'm stressed," she says. "The only thing that works for me when I'm stressed and need to get things done is to take time first to do my meditation and go on a long 2 to 3-hour power walk and clear my head. After that, I can deal with stress related stuff."
Gale works out consistently, but ups her workouts before modeling shoots or shows. Her workouts consist of "a 25 km power walk followed by lunch… resistance bands, gliders, ankle weights and jump rope," she says. "Using the jump rope for cardio intervals during a session of Pilates is my favorite."
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