Overweight can be the hardest problem for any human being, especially for women. But there are some amazing people with their mesmerizing story of weight loss that inspires others to go through the same procedures as well. However, the thing we like now may not be likable some years later. Our perception can change via influence or just by itself.
Here, regarding the issue of trainer Erica Lugo, she gets shamed by the fitness influencers. Lugo, who always wanted to change people's views towards the fitness world herself, is a great winner of her overweight issue. But she is not always welcomed by the fitness world because of her demonic body build.
Just because she stands at the height of 5 feet and 11 inches, people's perception towards her fitness ethics changes, Lugo revealed on the 9th July 2020 episode of the 'Watch With Us' podcast.
The Bigger Loser trainer lost 160 pounds five years back, became trainer, opened her own gym, and came to train the reality show. She got determined to show the world that fitness does not come according to the size of the body. She mentioned that though her body is massive, she has curves, after all, she is a Latin.
When Erica Lugo appeared on Biggest Loser, she felt awkward as she had wardrobe problems. Nonetheless, she groomed, keeping aside the critics about her body size.
On the other hand, she still cared about what people thought about her thinking that the trend would change as time passes by. And she still does so. She said:
"I think once I started seeing people of influence say stuff, I [realized] I still care about what people think. I think to some degree, you’re always going to care. But for me, it’s more than just to some degree. So I’ve gotten much better since the show’s come out. And I think the more and more I progress in my career, I’ll get better."
As of now, the Biggest Loser is streaming on Hulu.
Erica Lugo's Weight Loss Journey
Erica Lugo started gaining weight when she was during her middle school. Since food and fitness were not her family thing, she went on gaining weight to the maximum level. By the time she joined college, fast foods and pizza were her favorite snacks that helped her gain more weight.
During the time, she never felt that she needed to go to the gym and drive her body to tone. She admitted that she never felt to hate herself in the mirror, but at some point, she realized she needed to lose some weight.
She then started making her diet plans, cutting her calorie from the daily meals. She learned about balanced diets, fat, carbs, and proteins to comfort her weight-crisis. Eventually, she joined a local Planet Fitness club and started body workouts as well. Her physical workout started with a 30-seconds in a treadmill, which she finally stretched to five hours a week.
As soon as she became habitual about the daily workouts, she started making muscles and adopted a strategy for the procedure. Lugo discovered what 'good tired' meant, and she admits that it helped her a lot to have a drastic body transformation.
Erica Lugo before and after (©: Instagram/Erica Lugo)
By the first month, Erica Lugo lost 45 pounds, which went 122 pounds in a year.
Erica's weight loss journey led her to satisfy results later. She went on being a certified trainer opened Erica Fit Love, an online training platform, through which she flowed the strength training and HIIT.
After a couple of years, Lugo lost another 35-40 pounds, and eventually, in 2018, she reached a milestone of 150 pounds.
Besides all that, the Biggest Loser trainer got diagnosed with Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) and stage 2 thyroid cancer. After the victory over her health issues, the rest is history.