After having five kids, the Real Housewives of Cheshire star wanted to regain her confidence and decided to have plastic surgery two years ago to remove the excess skin. A year after, she hit the gym to lose weight and tone up her body.
Lugo shared before and after photos of her body transformation in a lengthy Instagram post. "So I was asked on my story this morning to show a before and after picture of my body transformation...
Here it is ...," she began.
"Five pregnancies...five beautiful children .... and I wouldn’t change them for the world 🥰🥰
My skin didn’t stretch well though which left me with excess saggy skin and I was covered in stretch marks. No matter how much exercise I did I just couldn’t get rid of it. I used to tuck the overhang into my Spanx 🙈🙈 which I wore everyday. I love what our bodies are capable of doing and having children is an absolute blessing but I also wanted to regain my confidence with my body. I had very bad diastasis recti (the gap down the centre of your tummy where your muscles have separated) which I think was the reason for my constant lower back ache so ...," she continued.
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"Two years ago I had a full tummy tuck with no lipo. The excess skin was removed and my abdominal muscles were sewn back together then a year ago I decided to tone up and lose weight," she wrote. "I started working out and eating healthily and I lost 16lbs. Yes I’ve had surgery I’ve never denied that and I understand that it’s not an option for a lot of people but I’ve also worked my ass off in the gym and I couldn’t be happier."
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She added, "Don’t bother commenting if you are a troll, I’ve never shown this picture to anybody before...this is just me opening up and laying myself bare 🤷♀️🙄❤️❤️"
Many of Lugo's fellow cast members praised the property developer in the comment section of the post.
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Tanya Bardsley wrote, "Beautiful girl 😍❤️❤️❤️"
Lauren Simon commented, "Pretty friend love you 😍"
Nicole Sealey wrote, "👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 You go girly you look fab ❤️"
Former RHOCheshire star Magali Gorré commented, "Amazing to see this you look well 🦋🦋."
Rachel's twin sister, Katie Kane, wrote, "❤️❤️❤️."
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