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Francisca Méndez-Zampogna, co-host of ‘Despierta América’ is getting married this Friday May 6th in the Dominican Republic and for that event that has been waiting for more than two years when it was canceled due to the pandemic, it went down like this 50 pounds.
The Dominican darling had gone upstairs 80 pounds in Gennaro’s pregnancy, and had become very overweight. In fact, at the beginning of this process that takes 9 months, a photo was taken showing how she was, sharing her moment between the happiness of having fulfilled the dream of being a mother and the sadness of not knowing if she was going to be able to reach her ideal weightl according to what she felt.
It was at that moment that Francisca confessed that she decided it was time to look, if not her previous version, at least the one closest to the one she wanted to be. She called her two great allies of hers and her friend .
The most important pillar, Alejandro Chabán, founder and CEO of Yes You Can!… Why him? Because it was precisely thanks to him and his famous traffic light plan based on Latinos, that he managed to reach his ideal weight when he was inside the mansion of ‘Nuestra Belleza Latina’ and dreamed of winning and becoming what he is today. At that time she got it, why not now?
“ Before starting to work on television, she used to watch Alejandro’s health segments on Univision. When I competed in ‘Nuestra Belleza Latina’ I lost weight, and I got in shape with the Yes You Can! Nutrition Guide. and his Traffic Light Diet. I love the taste of the shakes, they don’t have added sugar but they are gluten free. The supplements are natural and made from herbs and fruits. Right now I am in love with protein bars, they are like a healthy dessert”, explains Francisca herself.
And precisely what at that time helped to be the winner of ‘Nuestra Belleza Latina’, now accompanies her in this new goal to fulfill another great dream: her wedding.
It was so that first with a detox and then with the treatment as she herself said based on a transformation kit.
Yes You Can! was initiated by Chaban, who as he himself has told, to the 15 years weighed 314 pounds. From obesity, he progressed to bulimia, and then to anorexia. After years of hard work, dedication, and extensive research into different weight loss methods, he was able to adopt better habits and achieve a healthier lifestyle that helped you lose 160 pounds. He turned his pain into strength, became a registered nutritionist, and developed the Latin-flavored healthy lifestyle program Yes You Can ! to help others like him.
The other pillar to be able to lower these 50 pounds was the physical training that accompanied the nutritional plan. That was in charge of the celebrity trainer, whom we saw participate in ‘ Así Se Baila ‘, Yas Rodríguez .
“ Thank you for being with me from day one, for motivating me, for coming to train with me late at night, for your control and for your faith in me“, she says for this important part of having someone who motivated her in part of this process.
With the nutrition plan, the exercise, Francisca added something else to this process: aesthetic treatments without reaching any surgery, but to drain, lose fat and tighten. That is how he put himself in the hands of Dermaclinic Miami, where they treated him with their latest generation Vennus Legacy machines and carboxy therapy.
The truth is that, even though she insists that she is still short of the weight she wants, with 50 pounds less Francisca is ready to fulfill the dream of her fairy tale wedding with the love of her life, her husband and father of her son Gennaro, Francesco Zampogna.
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