In an Instagram post, Yen Santos shares how weight gain affected her.
Actress Yen Santos has been on her heaviest and this is what helped her get back into shape and gain her confidence again.
When it comes to being a celebrity, their appearance is part of their brand, which means it is part of their job. Looking fit and attractive is associated with their marketability, roles they get, endorsements, and public appeal. This, and the other reasons stem from how the entertainment industry, media, and society work.
Recently, in an Instagram post, actress Yen Santos shared a phase in her life where she weighed the heaviest she had ever been. She shared how it affected her and her perspective of herself.
Yen previously announced her showbiz comeback, and roughly a week later, she opened up about her weight gain and weight loss.
According to her, she gained so much weight last year, and the physical manifestations made her reach a point where she could no longer recognize herself. It was her heaviest, and she did not like what she was seeing in the mirror. It frustrated her that the frustration became even heavier than her actual weight.
She tried dieting and working out to get into shape again, but nothing worked as she got stuck in a cycle where she would often resort to eating.
“I tried dieting and working out, but nothing seemed to work. I eat when I’m happy, when I’m stressed. basically, I eat my feelings. So the cycle just kept repeating… until I met these amazing people who changed everything,” she said in her post.
But this changed when she met experts on losing weight. They helped her lose the extra pounds and in just a week, she lost three kilograms. Two months later, she went from 72 to 51, and what was greater was that, she also picked up the confidence she lost in the process.
“It’s still a journey, but now I know I’m finally on the right path with the right people,” she ended her post.
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