this morning on take it off today an incredible transformation on Tik Tok her weight loss video went viral with 12 million views take a look at this yeah it was last November when certified fitness trainer Lucy Bergen started recording her weight loss Journey taking a daily image of herself wearing the same outfit and she did it in an effort to inspire herself to get healthy she did it for six months and lost a total of 35 pounds and then well she posted it to Tik Tok and the rest well the rest is digital history Lucy
Bergen joins us now from Tampa Florida Lucy what what a cool idea and now here we are some 12 million views later and you were showing up on good days on bad days what were you telling yourself when you were looking in the mirror taking those pictures taking those videos what was I telling myself I just kept telling myself that it wasn't a short-term goal it wasn't a diet it was a lifestyle change and that's what's so important and I love this video because it shows my bad days it shows the days that I was
bloating or you can even see in my face if I had a rough day and that's what life is it's not about going on a diet and trying to lose 20 lbs in a week it's not about the weight it's about your mental health and you can see in this video also it's little changes at a time um I didn't even notice my transformation until I put everything together I bet um so this all started like I mean for so many people gaining weight during Co putting on a few extra pounds and then over six
months you lost 35 pounds so how how did you do it what were your tips and what what advice do you have for others trying to lose some weight all right so my biggest piece of advice would be to get a friend or someone that you can have um accountability with my best friend and I did it together and we kept each other accountable and so because of that we were able to almost make a challenge out of it and when it comes to that um it really helped me and then when it comes to
diet and working out I was lifting heavy at first and eating carbs proteins things like that um something that's actually really awesome is in the Fitness World we're taught especially as women that we should be eating 1200 calories or even less and I've had clients come to me saying they're eating about 500 calories a day and what they don't know is that that actually like slows down your met metabolism and you need a certain amount of calories to have your body function properly just like you need to put gas into a car for it to
run yeah you need to have fuel in your body for your body to burn fat yeah Lucy I would think uh when you work at when we a lot of us see these trainers and they're all buff and they're in great shape I think it would be more inspirational to be working out with somebody like you who's had the challenges themselves and knows what it's like for the the rest of us to try to get back into shape yes sir that's actually um I worked at a gym in New Jersey and I specifically chose that
gym because I knew that everyone coming to me was brand new to the fitness world and I can't tell you the amount of conversations I would have with these amazing people who would come in and they would give give me their why their reason why they wanted to change I mean I had people telling me that they wanted to be a good example for their children or be able to fit in a pair of jeans for their honeymoon and these reasons like you could tell they were so special to in every individual that would come
in and talk to me and I sat and cried with some of these people because I've been there and it is so hard to get started on this journey when you think that you're too far gone thank you this is this has been so inspirational congratulations to you and and appreciate you spending some time with us this morning thank you thank you thank you so much have a good day you as well hey thanks for watching our YouTube channel find your favorite recipes celebrity interviews uplifting stories shop our favorite deals and so much more with
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