Lele Pons in Two-Piece Workout Gear Shows Off Results of "February vs. June"

Lele Pons, the Venezuelan singer and YouTube sensation, knows how to post striking images. That's one way she grew her social media following to 47 million. And she posted another wow image of herself yesterday, with her underwater in a pool in a bathing suit, kissing a man who looks like rapper Guaynaa, who also shared the photos. The caption was a simple “splash” emoji. (The duo, who are reported to be a couple, released a duet Se Te Nota in September 2020.) How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Lele Pons stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Cut Down the Sugar

Lele underwent a fitness transformation, and before taking it seriously, Pons would down “Coca-Cola every single day, chocolate every single night with milk. That’s what I used to do every single day.” Smart choice. Your digestive system turns that Coke and chocolate into glucose—the form of sugar your body uses for energy—and sends it into the bloodstream. Zap! You got energy. But glucose is actually toxic when it lingers in the bloodstream, so when the glucose hits, your pancreas—a large gland located near your stomach—produces insulin, a hormone, and sends that into the bloodstream as well. Insulin is your body’s air traffic controller: it takes command of all your glucose and directs it into your cells, where it can be used for rebuilding muscle, for keeping your heart pumping and your brain thinking, for exercising or singing or dancing. But overeating on a consistent basis—or taking in too many calories too quickly, like when we eat sweets or drink sweetened beverages—turns insulin into the boy who cried wolf. Eventually your body’s insulin receptors—the docking stations where insulin parks glucose—begin to ignore insulin’s instructions. That’s a condition known as insulin resistance. After several years, the pancreas gets fed up with producing all that ineffective insulin and begins to produce less than you need. This is called type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes.

2. She Did a Hardcore Workout

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“RESULTS💪🏼 more than 2 months of hardcore workouts and diet with @dianamaux ! Feeling great ❤️ love you Diana!” she posted during her transformation. Here’s a superset from personal trainer Mark Langowski based on similar methods:

1. Reverse burpee with triceps push up.

Stand with your feet about shoulder width apart. Bend your knees and tilt at the waist, bending over until your hands touch the floor. Now slowly walk your hands forward until you are in a pushup position, but with your hands only 6 inches apart. Do a push up, keeping your elbows tucked close to your body. Then walk your hands back to the starting position, bend your knees and stand up. 8 reps

2. Hanging leg raise.

While you can do this exercise while hanging from a bar, you’ll find it easier and just as effective using the Roman chair—that’s the piece of equipment that looks like a chair with two arm rests, but the seat removed. Brace yourself against the back of the chair and grip the handles of the arm rest. Keeping your knees slightly bent, raise your legs straight out in front of you in a controlled manner, until they are parallel to the ground. Slowly lower by counting to 4 on the way down. Repeat 12 times.

3. She Drank Milk Alternatives

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Pons swapped in non-dairy milks for her usual. "According to studies, oat milk can effectively reduce serum cholesterol levels," Dr. Rashmi Byakodi, a health and wellness writer and the editor of Best for Nutrition, tells our sister site Eat This, Not That!, which adds: “The dairy-free milk can also be effective in lowering your ‘bad’ cholesterol.” Says Byakodi: "Beta-glucans present in oat milk helps to decrease plasma cholesterol and LDL cholesterol concentrations. Also, it is believed that oat milk replaces saturated fat [typically found in dairy milk] with unsaturated fat."

4. She Has Discipline

During her workout journey, Pons posted: “Before vs. Now 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼... wanted to make this video to show that with exercising everyday, a proper nutrition , and discipline you can achieve your goal. Some may take longer than others and some faster depending on your metabolism cause all bodies are built different. But with determination you will get to where you want to get. It’s possible if you push yourself to be your best version. Thank you @dianamaux.”

5. She’s Open About Her Mental Health

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"I am very, very grateful to have helped a lot of people, grateful to have had the chance to educate people who don't know what OCD and Tourette's are," Pons said, according to E!. "It's very important to actually also push people to get better, take their medicine, go to get help, go to get a good support system, to help parents understand their kids have whatever they have, help to understand that it is not something that's going to define you. It's not something you should be ashamed about. And I wanted to show that to everybody."

Fitness model Michelle Lewin is showing fans and followers what a difference a decade makes when it comes to fitness (spoiler alert, she’s only looking better every year). Lewin, 37, shared side-by-side fitness selfies, wearing a sports bra and athletic bikini bottoms in both. “2014 Vs 2023. Which one do you like the most? In 2014 I was preparing for Bikini category bodybuilding competitions. I weighed about 117 Lb 😳 And this year 2023 I became a Mom. 9 months Post cesarean section, and I weigh about 141 Lb.” Here’s what Lewin’s workouts look like.

1. Healthy Curves

Lewin is proud of her strong yet curvy physique, and hopes others are inspired by her looks to also try strength training. “I have healthy curves,” she tells Muscle & Fitness. “I am proud to be a part of how the body ideal is changing from skinny to fit. I try to be the best version of me to inspire others.”

Here is her workout routine breakdown, as told to the publication:

Monday: Quads, glutes

Tuesday: Back, biceps

Wednesday: Abs, calves

Thursday: Triceps, shoulders

Friday: Glutes, hamstrings

2. Choose Good Carbs

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Lewin doesn’t deviate from her diet and exercise plan even on the road. "When you travel you tend to deviate from going to the gym,” she tells PEOPLE. “I'm really careful with what I order at restaurants or hotels. It's not like I'm home and can cook a healthy meal, but you can still order healthy options. What you eat is 70 percent of it. Nutrition is so important. Your body is a motor and you have to fill it with good fuel. Choose good carbs like sweet potato and brown rice rather than pizza or pasta."

3. Daily Workouts

Lewin recommends working out for half an hour to an hour daily. "Sometimes you lose your motivation and don't want to exercise or diet," she tells PEOPLE. "That's when discipline has to kick in. You have to do it anyway! I go rollerblading, I do weight training. You have to give your body different workout routines to shake it up, so it doesn't get stuck.”

4. One Rest Day

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Lewin takes one rest day a week. “I train six days a week. I do cardio in the morning for 45 minutes and weights every evening,” she tells Iron Man. I do all muscle groups once per week, but I focus mostly on glutes and abs, which I train twice a week. I stopped lifting weights for my legs since I had so much size already. I don’t ever train my chest because it puts a lot of pressure on my breast implants. Over the last four months, I stopped training triceps because they were starting to get overdeveloped, so I’ll just do some toning once a month. I really don’t like to take rest days, but I do once a week.”

5. Strength Training For Life

Strength training changed Lewin’s life, both physically and mentally. "I wanted to gain weight and ate so much but couldn't do it. Then I started to train at the gym and started to like the results I saw in the mirror,” she tells PEOPLE. "This is a lifestyle for me. Exercise is something that I need to do every day, like brushing my teeth in the morning. It makes me feel good, strong, motivated. It takes you to another level of self-esteem. It helps you physically and mentally, it really improves your health."

Venezuelan American singer and social influencer Lele Pons recently recovered from emergency appendix surgery and has been keeping her fans updated. Pons, creator of The Secret Life of Lele Pons, a YouTube Original docuseries, shared her recovery with 49.9 million Instagram followers. she's recovered marvelously, looking amazing in a new Instagram image of herself in a swimsuit then and now. "3 years ago vs. Now ❤️🤣🙏🏼," she captioned it. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see five ways Lele Pons stays in shape and the photos that prove they work. And to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Does Full-Body Workouts

Pons does full-body workouts, including squats, bridge kicks, planks and jumping jacks. Regular physical activity can improve muscle strength and boost endurance, according to the Mayo Clinic. "If you have a chronic condition, or if you're older than age 40 and you haven't been active recently, check with your doctor before beginning a strength training or aerobic fitness program. Before beginning strength training, consider warming up with brisk walking or another aerobic activity for five or 10 minutes. Cold muscles are more prone to injury than are warm muscles," says the Mayo Clinic.

2. She Does Cardio

Pons warms up and does about 30 minutes of cardio before a quick cooldown. She runs and uses a treadmill. "A combination of aerobic workouts (which, depending on your fitness level, can include walking, running, swimming, and other vigorous heart-pumping exercise) and strength training (weight lifting, resistance training) is considered best for heart health. These exercises improve the muscles’ ability to draw oxygen from the circulating blood. That reduces the need for the heart—a muscular organ itself—to work harder to pump more blood to the muscles, whatever your age," says Johns Hopkins Medicine.

3. She Eats a Low-Carb Diet

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Pons eats a low-carb, protein-rich diet. She aims to eat 1,800 calories a day. A healthy diet includes fruit, vegetables, whole grains, fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products and a variety of protein foods such as seafood, lean meats and poultry, eggs, legumes (beans and peas), soy products, nuts and seeds, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

4. She Drinks Water

Pons drinks water to stay hydrated. The Cleveland Clinic recommends that a person drink about 64 ounces of water a day, depending on activity level, location, metabolism and body size. "Experts recommend drinking roughly 11 cups of water per day for the average woman and 16 for men. And not all of those cups have to come from plain water; for example, some can come from water flavored with fruit or vegetables (lemons, berries, or orange or cucumber slices), or from coffee or tea," says Harvard Health. "Drinking enough water each day is crucial for many reasons: to regulate body temperature, keep joints lubricated, prevent infections, deliver nutrients to cells, and keep organs functioning properly. Being well-hydrated also improves sleep quality, cognition, and mood."

5. She Does Strength Training

Pons does strength training. "A recent meta-analysis found that people who do muscle-strengthening workouts are less likely to die prematurely than those who don’t, adding to previous evidence that strength training has long-term health benefits. The study found that just 30 to 60 minutes a week of strength training may be enough. Those who worked out for this duration had a 10% to 20% lower risk of dying during the study period from all causes, and from cancer and heart disease specifically, compared to those who did no strength training. The benefits plateaued after one hour, and decreased after two hours," reports Harvard Health. Strength training can help grow strong bones, manage weight, enhance quality of life, ease chronic conditions and sharpen thinking skills, the Mayo Clinic said.