Kate Hudson in Bikini Enjoys “Family Summer” in Greece

Kate Hudson is heating up Europe in her bikini. In a new social media post, the 46-year-old flaunts her flawless figure in a skimpy swimsuit while vacationing with her family. “Family summer 🇬🇷 We love you Greece,” she captioned the series of Instagram snaps. “Hot,” commented her pal, Chelsea Handler. How does the star manage to look half her age? Here are some of her diet and fitness secrets.

Kate changed her approach to fitness in her 40s. She works out with Brian Nguyen, who has her lifting weights. “When (Brian and I) started working together, one of the things I never did was strength training, that was something I never realized was a huge part missing,” Hudson told Today. Some of their go-to exercises? Hip and glute bridges, planks, bodyweight squats, and lunges. According to the Mayo Clinic, strength and weight training help reduce body fat, preserve and increase lean muscle mass, and burn calories more efficiently. Strength training may also help you:

• Develop strong bones
• Manage your weight
• Enhance your quality of life
• Manage chronic conditions
• Sharpen your thinking skills

For Hudson, “tuning in” to her body was a game changer. “If you’re tuned in and your body tells you, it really does speak to you,” she told Today. “One day, I tuned in and I was like … I don’t feel strong, I feel long and I love my Pilates but as I get older… am I doing enough (strength) exercises?”

Hudson also shifted her approach to diet.  “Food is everything,” she says. “The food we eat is fuel for our body,” she added. “We, especially women, should really be eating more protein, especially in the morning.” According to clinical trials, consuming more protein than the recommended dietary allowance not only reduces body weight (BW), but also enhances body composition by decreasing fat mass while preserving fat-free mass (FFM) in both low-calorie and standard-calorie diets.

Hudson is all about tracking food. She uses MyFitnessPal. “Food is 80% of the challenge … and tracking it, knowing it, understanding it, and having the knowledge is something I’m passionate about,” she said. She revealed that while shooting Something Borrowed in 2011, she was on a raw food diet. “It was trendy at the time to eat raw, but I gained maybe 10 to 15 pounds and I didn’t understand what was happening because I thought I was eating so healthy and I cut out meat,” she said. “I started tracking, and (realized) I was eating about 3,000 calories of just nuts … If I didn’t have access to understand (that), I would have never known,” Hudson adds.

Kate has been doing yoga for decades “It’s about understanding your own individual likes, not fads,” she told SELF. “Anything you do helps. You could sit there and not think of your mantra for your whole practice, but you’re still benefiting.”