Tarek El Moussa is celebrating his flip to a healthier lifestyle.
The Flipping El Moussas star shared an update on his two-year fitness journey with a before and after photo showcasing his hard-earned muscles.
The first of three photos shows El Moussa flexing his biceps, while the second photo is a paparazzi throwback to two years earlier of he and his wife Heather Rae El Moussa leaving hot yoga.
“In that photo I was doing some hot yoga, wasn’t really on any kind of schedule, wasn’t tracking my protein intake, and didn’t really have any guidance,” he wrote in the Instagram caption.
The HGTV star said he’s since changed up his routine because he realized how much he wanted to “feel good and be healthy” not only for himself, but “my wife, my kids, and my longevity.”
“NOW I’m up early every AM to workout, I have a solid routine (thanks to @seantorbati), I’m taking the right supplements, I’m eating the right food & Hot yoga 1-2 times a week which is so good for my mental & physical state. It all comes down to motivation and perseverance…”
Tarek has been on a health and wellness journey ever since suffering his time on HGTV’s Flip of Flop.
Of the nine seasons, Tarek admitted he had been sick for six of them.
“One season, I’m 240 pounds. The next season, I’m 160 pounds,” he recalled on a 2021 episode of HGTV House Party. “It was a rough run filming through those years.”
In 2013, a fan famously pointed out a suspicious lump on Tarek’s throat. The discovery resulted in a cancer diagnosis.
Shortly after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer, Tarek was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
“Getting the thyroid cancer is hard enough, and then a few weeks later finding out I had testicular cancer, I literally thought I was going to die,” he said.
He remains in remission.
In 2021, he revealed he had been diagnosed with celiac disease, which required yet another change in his routine.
“I’ve cleaned up my entire life, to be honest,” he told Today at the time. “Before I met Heather, I had high blood pressure, high heart rate, I had high cholesterol and just a whole bunch of problems. I just decided to really work on my health and I focused on hot yoga … As well as cleaning up my diet. Now my blood work is completely different.”
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Tarek’s story is inspiring. It really just takes a few simple steps to make a major change in one’s life.
