It’s no secret that Gina Kirschenheiter is a big fan of Costco. The mother of three has praised the big box store for its wide selection of “really good products,” including everyday home essentials like toilet paper and paper towels to food items like shrimp and beef; however, Gina’s affinity for Costco isn’t just limited to its aisles of wholesale goods. She’s also quite fond of its food court.
The Real Housewives of Orange County cast member confirmed this in a recent Instagram Story in which she also shed light on her recent eating habits. Gina posted a video of her June 22 trip to Costco, where she enjoyed an all-beef hot dog and a chocolate ice cream sundae.
“Best day ever,” she captioned the posts. “I’ve been so healthy lately… I deserve this!”
Gina didn’t share additional information about her diet, but it’s clear she isn’t opposed to the occasional treat day.
Gina Kirschenheiter shares her 2025 diet resolution
The OC mom touched on her 2025 health journey in a January 2 Instagram post. Gina uploaded photos of her and her boyfriend, Travis Mullen, at Krispy Kreme, where they enjoyed several fried doughnuts.
“Our resolution’s include absolutely nothing diet related [and] we aren’t mad about it,” she captioned the carousel. “Cheers to everyone who will be buying bigger pants in 2025 like us.”
Travis jumped into the comments section to share more details about their Krispy Kreme stop.
“I notice you didn’t mention that it was our second doughnut each!!” he wrote alongside crying laughing emojis.
“The one they give you at the counter doesn’t count,” Gina replied.
Gina Kirschenheiter reveals her recent “medical issues”
About a week before her Costco trip, Gina opened up about her recent health concerns.
“So, I have had some medical issues in the past couple of months,” she said in a June 12 Instagram video. “I have been going to bed every night, and as soon as my head hits the pillow, I start to get vertigo, and then all through the night, I have it, and when I wake up, it’s so bad. So, I’m finally like, ‘OK, now I think I’m dying.’”
Gina said she eventually went to the doctor, who said it was “very odd” that the symptoms only occurred at night. The doctor asked Gina if she had experienced any rapid weight loss in the recent months, suggesting a weight fluctuation might’ve caused her bouts of dizziness.
“I said, ‘No, actually, according to your scale — which I clearly think is broken — there’s actually been a significant amount of weight gain.”
Gina then informed her doctor about her nighttime eating habits, saying she didn’t drink alcohol but enjoyed a “sweet treat.”
“So, I’ll eat candy at night, or I’ll eat ice cream at night, or both of those things, and then I go to bed,” she recalled. “And [the doctor] is like, ‘OK, well, how much water do you drink?’ And I was like, ‘Oh, I don’t drink water.’”
Gina said her physician didn’t believe there was anything “wrong” with Gina, as she suspected the vertigo was a result of her diet and insufficient water consumption.
How Gina Kirschenheiter is improving her health: “Summer healthy!”
“I have to drink water, apparently,” Gina said. “So, I go home, and then last night is the first night that I literally had no treats of any kind before I went to bed. And then, turns out, I woke up for the first morning in literally three months [with] no vertigo and no dizziness, nothing.”
She continued: “It turns out, when you’re a certain age — medical breakthrough — what we put in our bodies actually does physically affect us. So I am now going to turn this train around.”
Gina then pulled out a large Stanley tumbler she received from her ex-husband, Matt Kirschenheiter, and his wife, Britt. The Housewife said she planned to use the cup to increase her water intake.
“I literally was so naive to the fact that I was like, ‘I don’t drink [alcohol], so I’m healthy.’ I thought I could do whatever I wanted,” she said. “And literally, my diet was actually trying to kill me in the night. So, I’m not doing that anymore, and I’ll let you know how it goes… we’re gonna get summer healthy!”
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