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Courtesy: SHAPE Magazine

Who better to grace the cover of Shape Magazine than Jillian Michaels?

The once-overweight kid turned big-time fitness connoisseur turned her life around and has shown many that they can too.

Fab at Forty and not afraid to show it, Jillian reveals all on how she manages to look and feel better than ever.  Her secret: a three-part plan to bring on the bikini.

Pick up the July/August issue of SHAPE that has the fitness guru’s summer workout  including a step by step guide, images and tips.

“I won’t lie. This birthday was hard. I thought, ‘Oh, my God, am I halfway through my life?’ But when I think back on my 20s and 30s, I look better now than I ever have. Yes, I’m older, but I’m also wiser, and that’s a more intrinsic type of beauty.”