Melissa Alcantara lost over 40 pounds when she used the Insanity workout videos to lose the baby weight. Her transformation caught the eye of Kim Kardashian, who ultimately signed her on as her personal trainer.
In 2013, before Melissa Alcantara became known as the trainer who whipped Kim Kardashian West into shape, she was "super broke," unfit and living as a waitress in Brooklyn, New York. She also was an avid smoker.
She then stumbled upon a TV infomercial for Shaun T's popular Insanity workout program and committed 100% to it for 60 days. Her transformation eventually led to her become a competitive bodybuilder that caught the eye of reality star Kim Kardashian West on Instagram in 2017.
The pair would later meet, and Alcantara would soon move to Los Angeles to become Kim and Kanye West's full-time trainer. "I feel like J.Lo in some weird movie," she says.
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