A fitness coach who helps women lose weight has revealed how she transformed her body by 'doing less at the gym' and 'eating more in the kitchen'.
Jenna Rizzo, 27, from Georgia, has nearly 60,000 followers on TikTok, where she posts fitness and weight loss tips, including “lazy girl” hacks to look and feel your best.
The content creator, who uses the handle @jennaaaamarieerecently opened up about the two things she did to change her body, sharing a before-and-after photo of her transformation.
“I went from this to this, and this is what most personal trainers don't talk about,” she began her minute-long video.
Jenna Rizzo, a fitness coach from Georgia, shared how she transformed her body by making just two changes
The 27-year-old went from slim with little muscle definition (L) to showing off her toned physique and curvaceous backside (R)
Rizzo's “before” photo shows her wading in the ocean in a two-piece swimsuit, with her back turned away from the camera.
She's slim, but has little muscle definition compared to her toned physique and curvaceous backside in her 'after' selfie.
“It took me a long time to get from point A to point B because I was focusing on the wrong things,” she admitted. “I'll tell you the two things you really need to focus on. You can make progress much faster than I can.'
Rizzo's first tip was to “slow down your workout routine.”
“Many of us think that doing really long workouts five or six times a week will be really good for us, but it could actually do more harm than good,” she explained.
'This is because when you exercise you create tears in your muscles and you need to give them enough rest so they can get bigger and stronger.
'I saw a big difference in my physique when I stopped training six days a week and went back to four.'
She elaborated on her workout routine in the comments, saying that she does two lower body days and two upper body days, each lasting about an hour.
Rizzo recommended cutting back on your workouts and “eating more than you think” to build muscle. She said she went from six days a week to four days
Rizzo's second piece of advice was to “eat more than you think.”
She noted that 1,200-calorie diets, low-carb meals and intermittent fasting are “all pushed on women,” but they can hinder your physical transformation.
“If our goal is to get strong, build muscle and look nice and toned, we need to fuel our bodies better than what traditional diet culture tells us to eat,” she said.
“I've coached hundreds of women, and not a single one of them had less than 1,500 calories every day. Moral of the story: eat your food and rest.'
“You can transform your body by doing less in the gym (and) more in the kitchen,” she added.
Rizzo's video has been viewed more than 22,000 times, with many people grateful for her non-restrictive approach to fitness and weight loss.
'So glad I found your account! I trained 6x a week, 2 hours a day and it did more harm than good. Thanks for your help,” one person responded.
“So true… every plan I've been on is 1,600 calories or more and when you eat real food and not crap, it's hard to eat that much!!” someone else shared.
Rizzo ate 1,200 calories a day and did cardio (L) five times a week. She now focuses on strength training and eats more than 2,000 calories per day (R)
“If you want different results, you have to do things differently than what the mainstream weight loss industry tells you to do,” she said
'Ah! This is so important, I wish more people would tell us about this,” another added.
Rizzo also shared a before-and-after photo of herself on Instagram, where she talked about how she changed her approach to exercise and eating.
“The difference between these photos is the amount of cardio I did (and) the amount of calories I ate… (And) it's probably not what you would think,” she wrote.
The trainer explained that she did cardio and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) five times a week.
She ate just 1,500 calories a day and “cut out all carbs during the week only to lose all control on the weekend.”
Rizzo now focuses on strength training and cardio one to two times a week, with two to three rest days.
She added that she also consumes more than 2,000 calories a day and says she eats “mostly nutritious foods” but that she “always leaves room for desserts.”
“If you want different results, you have to do things differently than what the mainstream weight loss industry tells you to do,” she concluded.
“It's not cutting out carbs, it's not boot camps (and) HIIT classes, it's not skinny tea or fat burner pills, (and) for God's sake it's not a shot of Ozempic.”