With a cervical cancer diagnosis at age 55, working out during daily chemotherapy treatments, reaching her fitness goal of a 39.3-mile Avon Walk (one and a half marathons!), and losing 150 pounds, Luz Gonzalez attributes her cancer to helping her get her life on track. “Cancer helped me get healthy.” Luz, above, at her heaviest…
In 2007, I reached my 70-pound weight-loss goal and I have managed to keep the majority of it off ever since. Yay for me, right? Before . . . Not so fast. Losing that amount of weight has certainly been wonderful on many levels. I no longer have to worry about potentially developing obesity-related health…
By the middle of my sophomore year of college, I was in the worst physical shape of my life. A mix of drinking, the freedom to eat whatever and whenever I pleased, and my mom’s cancer prognosis led to rapid weight gain and plummeting self-confidence. Every day I dragged myself to class wearing shapeless, oversize…
Geneva Alexander started with one goal: lose 50 pounds in time for her best friend’s wedding. A year and a half later, the 27-year-old night-shift nurse has lost over double her original goal. Read on to find out how Geneva accomplished this impressive goal. Geneva: Before POPSUGAR Fitness: What made you decide to start? Geneva:…
Last month, I was at the Kayla Itsines Sweat Tour surrounded by Kalya‘s superfans. I was lying on my back in the grassy field of the Rose Bowl arena in Los Angeles, getting ready to do some bicycle crunches, when a beautiful, chiseled, excited young woman came up to my friend and I, asking, “do…
We first came across Brittany Dawn on Instagram with the knee-jerk, dropped-jaw reaction of “WHOA, look at those killer legs!” Needless to say, we were captivated and wanted to learn more about this young woman’s journey. Brittany told POPSUGAR that she broke into the fitness world at the age of 21 after feeling frustrated with…
Sam was working out five to seven times a week, teaching class at her blossoming studio Cycle & Row in Michigan, and prepping to compete on Jillian Michaels’s new show Sweat Inc. Still, she couldn’t shed the last 15 pounds she’d be holding on to. “You know your body better than everyone else, and I…
Need a little weight-loss motivation? Our latest Before and After story comes from one of our own POPSUGAR Select Fitness bloggers, Katrina Elle. Read her story of how she went from “self-conscious girl” to inspiring others to commit to fitness below! Katrina: Before Related Stories: Before and After: How One Woman Lost Half Her Size…
Losing weight – and keeping it off – is a slow, steady, and difficult journey, and no one knows that more than the women who’ve been there before. Like Taryn Haley, who decided in 2012 to start working out and eating right. By late 2013, she was down to half her previous size. Inspired? We…
Abe Nelson set out last July to start working out and feeling better. In his video posted to Reddit, he said, “I’ve transformed physically a little bit but mentally a whole bunch.” Related Stories: This Woman’s Weight Loss Story Is So Relatable His honest and open (and funny!) account of every part of his fitness…
