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Couple who lost a combined 146 pounds goes viral on TikTok: ‘Life-changing’

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A pair has gone viral on TikTok for shedding greater than 100 kilos mixed.

Natasha Pehrson, who goes by @natashapehrson on TikTok and Instagram, posted a video on the social media platforms in December displaying her weight reduction transformation alongside her husband, David.

The video begins by displaying Natasha and David once they began their weight reduction journeys, with the caption: “Collectively we misplaced a mixed 125 kilos…”

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Then the video cuts to point out Natasha and David at their December weights, which was down 125 kilos collectively on the time. 

Since Natasha posted it on Dec. 18, the video has been considered greater than 44.1 million occasions on TikTok as of Friday. 

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Natasha, 32, from Goodyear, Arizona, instructed Fox Information Digital that she’s been on her weight reduction journey for over 10 years and has misplaced a big quantity of weight 4 occasions in her life. 

The primary time was earlier than she met her husband and the next 3 times have been after every time she’s had a child. 

Natasha, 32, from Goodyear, Arizona, instructed Fox Information Digital that she’s been on her weight reduction journey for over 10 years and has misplaced a big quantity of weight 4 occasions in her life. Three of these occasions have been after being pregnant.
(Courtesy of Natasha Pehrson)

“Each being pregnant I gained 50 kilos, however I used to be in a position to lose it after each single being pregnant,” Natasha instructed Fox. “My third being pregnant, I began greater, in order that’s why I’ve misplaced extra weight this time.”

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In the meantime, Natasha stated David has “by no means actually struggled along with his weight,” however during the last 9 years of their marriage, he’s “slowly placed on over 50 kilos.”

Final 12 months, Natasha stated David was impressed by a good friend to do the 75 Exhausting program, which challenges members’ psychological toughness.

“That’s what received him motivated to begin,” Natasha stated. “And I used to be like, ‘OK, I assume I’ll do it with you as a result of I would like you to lose the load, too.’”

Though that they had misplaced a collective 125 kilos once they posted the viral TikTok video in December, Natasha has misplaced much more since then, bringing their collective weight reduction to 146 kilos.

Natasha posted a video onTikTok in December showing her and her husband David’s weight loss transformation. At the time, the couple had lost a collective 125 pounds. Since then, they’ve lost 146 pounds together.

Natasha posted a video onTikTok in December displaying her and her husband David’s weight reduction transformation. On the time, the couple had misplaced a collective 125 kilos. Since then, they’ve misplaced 146 kilos collectively.
(Courtesy of Natasha Pehrson)

Once they began their present weight reduction journeys, Natasha stated she weighed 233 kilos and David weighed 268 kilos. At the moment, Natasha weighs 147 kilos, whereas David weighs 208 kilos.

Natasha instructed Fox she’s nonetheless engaged on her weight reduction. Her purpose is to lose 100 kilos, which she expects to realize by March. 

 

Natasha has been posting her present weight daily on Instagram, in addition to different posts about her weight reduction journey. She says the web diary is a technique to maintain herself accountable to her objectives. 

Being so public about her weight reduction has additionally been a technique to “be real looking” about “what it truly takes to drop some weight,” she instructed Fox.

“Fast fixes don’t work,” Natasha stated. “It’s a must to be constant and it takes a very long time.”

“It’s a must to be disciplined,” she added. “And I believe for me, it was altering my mindset round this to not be about weight reduction, however to be about adopting new habits that I can do without end. And the load loss is only a by-product of that.”

 

After she misplaced weight the primary time, Natasha grew to become a Beachbody coach nonetheless continues to assist different girls on their weight reduction journeys. 

She stated one of many principal issues she tells her purchasers who need to drop some weight is that they need to begin small with cheap and achievable objectives and construct on these.

“As an alternative of excited about the entire issues that you could’t do or that you must eradicate, take into consideration what you possibly can add,” she stated. “What can I do totally different that can give me a constructive consequence?”

When she started her journey in January 2021, Natasha weighed 233 pounds. So far, she's lost 86 pounds and weighs 147 pounds. Her ultimate goal is to lose 100 pounds.

When she began her journey in January 2021, Natasha weighed 233 kilos. To date, she’s misplaced 86 kilos and weighs 147 kilos. Her final purpose is to lose 100 kilos.
(Courtesy of Natasha Pehrson)

She additionally stated that altering your mindset round motivation is vital.

“If you’re anticipating to be motivated so as to drop some weight, you’ll by no means drop some weight,” she stated. “Motivation, I imagine, is one thing that you just earn by being disciplined. For those who can present up daily and begin getting these outcomes, you’ll turn out to be your individual motivation, as a result of you will notice, OK, what I’m doing is definitely working.”

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Finally, Natasha stated her purpose is to encourage different girls to develop their very own wholesome existence.

“Shedding pounds is life-changing,” Natasha stated. “And never since you get smaller, however since you be taught what you’re able to. You acquire confidence as a result of you could be disciplined, and that you just’ve finished one thing that’s actually laborious. And also you simply really feel unstoppable. And my purpose is for different girls to really feel this fashion and to know that life could be higher.”

To seek out out extra about Natasha’s weight reduction journey, right here’s her Instagram: @natashapehrson.