Lauren Goodger flaunts her cleavage in Instagram bikini throwback

She was recently targeted by nasty trolls who criticized for endorsing a 21-day juice cleanse for rapid weight loss.

Yet, Lauren Goodger defied the commentary as she shared an incredible bikini snap on her Instagram on Tuesday.

The 31-year-old, who has been showcasing her incredible weight loss on her social media platforms, wished her pal a happy birthday with a throwback snap and used the celebration as an opportunity to display her incredible figure.

Posing on the back of speed boat, she donned a plunging halterneck bikini which drew attention to her ample cleavage as she smiled for the camera alongside her BFF.

The TOWIE star rested on her heels as she shielded her eyes with a pair of oversized shades while her tousled coif cascaded down to one side.

Soaking up the sun with an idyllic backdrop of the sea, she captioned the photo: ‘Happy Birthday my beaut Vicky can’t wait for Lokkum and Faces Friday!’ with a number of love hearts.

Her gushing post comes after she recently hit back at criticism she faced after her 21-day juice cleanse in Portugal over the weekend.

Defiant: Her gushing post comes after she recently hit back at criticism she faced after her 21-day juice cleanse in Portugal over the weekend

Discussions: Posing with her green juice while clad in her gym gear, she wrote on social media: ‘[The juice cleanse] was a tough challenge but how rewarding. You really see how strong you are mentally and physically! 

Posing with her green juice while clad in her gym gear, she wrote on social media: ‘[The juice cleanse] was a tough challenge but how rewarding. You really see how strong you are mentally and physically!

‘A lot of criticism about juicing but it does a lot more than weight loss! I feel detoxed cleansed within like I couldn’t be healthier. I haven’t eaten meat for 22 days but I will of course go back to normality but with a few changes added to my diet!!’ 

Adding: ‘My anxiety and tiredness is non existent! This really does show you what your body needs and I feel alive! Not single spot on my face I haven’t worn makeup just natural Portugal tan! 

‘You can take it or leave it but my advise is watch Jason Vale’s documentary on YouTube and reaching out to anyone with any illnesses this could be your answer’.

Fitness trick: She added: ‘A lot of criticism about juicing but it does a lot more than weight loss! I feel detoxed cleansed within like I couldn’t be healthier. I haven’t eaten meat for 22 days but I will of course go back to normality but with a few changes added to my diet!!’

The reality star has long struggled with her weight, yo-yo-ing somewhat in the years she has been in the public eye.

But her latest efforts appear to have paid off. She cataloged her endeavors from the retreat in Portugal via Instagram.

She was seen relaxing in nothing but a toweled robe by the spa and in her luxurious room, enjoying her fast. She recently returned to her native Essex, a new woman. 

Despite her weight transformation, the reality star – who’s been candid about getting liposuction in her bid to slim down – received a barrage of criticism from fans who branded her juice cleanse as only a ‘quick fix’.     

Anxiety: Adding: ‘My anxiety and tiredness is non existent! This really does show you what your body needs and I feel alive! Not single spot on my face I haven’t worn makeup just natural Portugal tan!

In the caption, a jubilant Lauren confessed to shedding ‘1 stone and 4lbs = 18lbs through pure juicing , hikes also some training and either a small salad or soup of an evening!!’  

But some fans didn’t seem to agree with Lauren’s extreme diet for weight loss, suggesting the star’s intense cleanse was just a fad. 

One fan wrote: ‘It’s not a long term solution though and more of a quick fix. You need to change your eating habits to maintain the weight loss’ while another joked: ‘I’m pretty sure we’d all lose weight if we didn’t eat for 3 weeks too #notrocketscience’. 

A third commented: ‘No way! Don’t believe this b*******! Healthy eating and training gets results!’, and another said: ‘Seriously, stop giving nutrition advice and advising people on c*** that you have no nutritional knowledge on. Juice diets are not good for the body and not sustainable’.

Reality: The reality star has long struggled with her weight, yo-yo-ing somewhat in the years she has been in the public eye

Retreat: But her latest efforts appear to have paid off. She cataloged her endeavors from the retreat in Portugal via Instagram

Other followers were decidedly more positive about the steps Lauren made to reach her dream body, with one fan writing: ‘You can rly [sic] see you’ve lost weight. Always beautiful but you look smoking girl!!!’

Another understanding follower commented: ‘Happy for you hun, juicing was by hardest most disgusting of all diets I’ve done. You look fab’.

Following her weight struggles since being in the public eye, Lauren slimmed down to a size eight in 2015, releasing a fitness DVD to mark her successful weight loss journey and inspire others.

Since then, however, Lauren’s weight crept back up slightly, with the starlet revealing in August she had increased to a size 12 and was ‘scared’ of ‘getting bigger’. 

Honest: Since then, however, Lauren’s weight crept back up slightly, with the starlet revealing in August she had increased to a size 12 and was ‘scared’ of ‘getting bigger’