Kourtney Kardashian’s bikini body is featured as an inset on the Kim Kardashian cover focusing on what a creep her new hookup, Cristiano Ronaldo, is. I asked Kaiser if she wanted to cover this one as she enjoys making fun of the Kardashians, but she passed and kind of wondered whether we would be promoting that QuickTrim crap the Kardashians are constantly shilling. (Here’s a report on the dangers of QuickTrim to balance out that potential free advertisement. It’s basically laxatives, diuretics and caffeine.) Kourtney can’t take QuickTrim anyway because she’s breastfeeding. She tells Life & Style how she did it, and it wasn’t entirely Photoshop – like that OK! cover that upset her because she didn’t get paid.

What’s more is that I got all confused thinking that this was some kind of new story, but a Life & Style cover featuring Kourtney in a bikini came out at the end of March with the title “How I Lost 33 Pounds.” Only I guess that was a tease and Kourtney didn’t actually reveal her diet and exercise plan, which she’s doing now. It’s been a whole three weeks so Life & Style assumes that we forgot about it and won’t call them for running the same story again.

Last week we were subjected to Kim bragging about how she’d lost a whole five pounds in five days. It’s like Life & Style has a deal with the Kardashians, E!, and/or QuickTrim to run these covers. Either that or they’re just lazy and don’t feel like making up another Brangelina story. I guess next week we can expect to see Khloe in a bikini on the cover, a bottle of Quick Trim sitting subtly beside her.

To get her body back into bikini shape after giving birth to son, Mason, Kourtney Kardashian developed a system that works for her body and busy life! In an exclusive interview with Life & Style, the new mom shares her ten simple secrets for getting beach-ready:
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“I used to always get a chai latte from Starbucks, but I just switched to one espresso shot,” Kourtney tells Life & Style. Simply swapping 16 ounces of latte for an espresso saves 235 calories! “I’m allowing myself one serving of caffeine while breastfeeding [baby Mason], and the latte was really all sugar and milk,” says Kourt, who also cuts out other unnecessary calories, like those from juice and dehydrated fruits. “I was eating a lot of dried fruit, and I didn’t realize how much sugar that added. And now I’ll eat raw almonds instead of salted ones.”

KNOW WHAT WORKS BEST FOR YOUR BODY:

Kourtney likes the few extra pounds she gained in her bottom while pregnant — so she’s found exercises that will help her keep her booty, but tone and lift it. “I want to try to do squats — stuff that will keep the booty up there,” she says about the classic power move that helps lift, tone and define the legs, quads, hamstrings and glutes.

FIND A SPORT YOU LOVE — AND RUN WITH IT:

“I’m big on running — just putting on my iPod Shuffle and going for a run by my house,” says Kourtney, who also uses the treadmill or elliptical at her mom’s house. Nutritionist Oz Garcia says choosing an enjoyable activity is half the battle. “You’ll be having fun and losing weight at the same time.”

KEEP YOUR MENU FRESH:

“Frozen yogurt tastes so chemically to me because I’ve been eating salads and salmon and chicken,” Kourtney tells Life & Style. “Fresh food is so much better.” Garcia agrees: “By simply cutting out processed foods, products with high sugar and the bread basket, you’ll shed pounds more efficiently.”

[From Life & Style via Huffington Post]

I don’t think people don’t know how to lose weight. I just think following through is hard and that we’re always looking for some new kind of system that works and helps us stick with the plan. Out of all the Kardashians Khloe bothers me the least, but that’s not saying much. She’s just as on board for promoting the family brand with her personal life as the rest of them.