Lele Pons in Bathing Suit is So “Now”

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.

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."

Heiress and activist Amanda Hearst had a beautiful time wrapping up her summer season in Ibiza, Spain. Hearst, 39, shared a series of envy-inducing pictures of herself enjoying the sun, sea, and spectacular scenery with friends and loved ones. One picture shows the philanthropist posing on a boat, wearing a black swimsuit with shorts, against a background of stunning ocean waters. “Until next summer!! ❤️,” she captioned the post. Here’s how Hearst lives a happy and fulfilling life.

1. A Day In the Life

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Hearst spends most of her day working on her charities. “I wake up at eight-fifteen, and then I feed the kitties,” she says. “I have breakfast while I’m reading my emails. Because I’m on L.A. time, I have most of my Zoom calls with Well Beings and Maison-de-Mode in the morning, and those will go through lunch, probably. After that I’ll do some personal time. Right now I’m trying to learn Norwegian, because my husband’s Norwegian, so that’s been my homework. Around like, four to four-thirty, I’ll do a yoga and/or meditation class on this app called GLO. After that I reconnect with my husband, hang out, order food, watch TV.”

2. Sustainable Fashion

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Hearst is passionate about responsible, sustainable fashion, which is why she helped create ethical luxury Maison de Mode. “I think when brands are made to order or produced locally, they are definitely more responsible with their resources, so that is a plus,” she says. “My cousin, Gabriela Hearst, has her own ready-to-wear line. She uses about 60 percent recycled, upcycled, non-virgin materials, and that has been a benefit in terms of production. She can still produce because she wasn’t dependent on factories creating virgin textiles. She already had the materials. I think that sustainability in some ways has been a benefit for these brands, [but] I just think at the end of the day, sales are really tough.”

3. Pilates and Yoga

Hearst swears by Pilates and yoga sessions for a fantastic workout. "There are plenty of online classes that teach you how to do Pilates on a mat," says Leanne Wonesh, an athletic trainer at Houston Methodist. "If you decide to go for an online mat class, just keep in mind that it can be much more intense than you think! I actually recommend underestimating yourself when trying your first online mat Pilates class and always starting at the beginner level. The last thing you want is to try it out and give up right away because it seems too difficult."

4. Leggings and La Mer

Hearst has a few things she can’t do without. “[When I feel like I have nothing to wear, I reach for] black leggings and a t-shirt because I've realized that I have nothing to wear and I'd rather be comfortable.” Her favorite luxury item is expensive face cream. “Creme de la Mer face cream, the original product,” she says. “My skin is so dry, and it's the only product that works for me in the winter.”

5. She’s Multilingual

In addition to learning Norwegian and being fluent in Spanish, Hearst is also studying Dutch. “Regardless of when you acquire additional languages, being multilingual gives your brain some remarkable advantages,” says educator Mia Nacamulli. Some of these are even visible, such as higher density of the gray matter that contains most of your brain's neurons and synapses, and more activity in certain regions when engaging a second language. The heightened workout a bilingual brain receives throughout its life can also help delay the onset of diseases, like Alzheimer's and dementia by as much as five years.”

Puerto Rican star Gabriela Berlingeri is enjoying some much-needed beach time. The jewelry designer and girlfriend of superstar Bad Bunny shared pictures of herself posing in crystal-clear waters in a green bikini and white sun hat. “More pics from the cam,” she captioned the post. How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Berlingeri 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. Lots of Swimming

One glance at Berlingeri’s social media shows how much she loves swimming. “Swimming is one of the few activities that work your whole body,” says the British Heart Foundation. “Breaststroke, backstroke, front crawl, butterfly and even doggy paddle get your legs and arms moving. This in turn works your back and core muscles.”

2. Outdoorsy Type

Berlingeri is no couch potato—she enjoys being outside as much as possible. “I take many of my individual clients and classes outdoors,” says certified fitness instructor ShaNay Norvell. “They often tell me it doesn’t feel like as much of a workout as running on the treadmill, even though they are still getting a great calorie burn.”

3. Snacking on Mango

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Berlingeri loves fresh sliced mango for an on-the-go snack, which is a great source of vitamin C. "Vitamin C is good for immunity," says Maya Vadiveloo, assistant professor in the department of nutrition and food sciences at the University of Rhode Island. "It's an antioxidant so it can help with oxidative stress in the body. The primary benefit, in addition to being a really good source of vitamin C, is that (mangoes) are a decent source of vitamin A, folate and are pretty high in fiber, which is beneficial for colon cancer prevention, heart disease and weight control."

4. She’s a Singer

Singing and performing are creative endeavors very important to Berlingeri. “Singing at the Estadio Azteca was something I never in my life imagined doing, let alone daring,” she says. “I don't know how I did it, but I did it. I'm thankful for the people who motivated me to achieve it because I couldn't do it alone. Thanks to my mother for giving birth to me in Puerto Rico and with my father for raising me on this island that I love so much.”

5. Blue Therapy

Berlingeri loves to be by the ocean as much as she can. Having access to blue space is shown to have mental health benefits. "Increased views of blue space is significantly associated with lower levels of psychological distress," says Amber L. Pearson, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of health geography and a member of MSU's Water Science Network.