Sue Aikens' weight loss transformation happened between seasons of 'Life Below Zero' — here is how she did it.
When Life Below Zero returned for a new season in September 2019, enthusiasts in an instant commented on forged member Sue Aikens’ weight loss.
The 57-year-old, who up to now described herself as a "chunky little monkey," printed what led to the primary transformation and the way she stays fit whilst living in the Alaskan desolate tract.
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Sue Aikens' weight reduction total is around 75 pounds.
The survivalist defined in an interview ultimate yr that she dedicated to leading a more fit way of life in October 2018 after struggling with a chain of outdated accidents — together with tears in her hips that she sustained throughout a 2007 endure attack.
"I’ve decided that there’s enough time in between the different injuries and the parts of my body that needed to heal that I could really push and start getting in shape," she instructed Monsters & Critics.
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"I can’t do some of the old style of exercising that I used to do, just because different body parts don’t move that way anymore. But you’ll see throughout the [Life Below Zero] episodes, the chores and the things that I’m doing are very physical," Sue said of the fact show, which is lately in its 15th season.
"I choose to set down some of the machinery and do a lot by hand and a lot without tools just to start pushing the body," she noted, including, "I’m only a couple of years away from being 60 so let’s take some of the excess [weight] off so that the work is easier, so that I’m in a much healthier peak to withstand the next session of my life."
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Sue is recently juggling a long-distance courting.
The mom of two loves the work she does at the Kavik River compound, which is situated 197 miles north of the Arctic Circle. But being the camp’s sole resident can get previous after some time — especially now that she has a boyfriend.
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On July 26, Sue shared a few pictures of her man, Michael Heinrich, with Instagram fans, writing, "You have to stop and make time to give a moment to your sweetie. Long distances can be tough, but we both make it work. Love you sweetie."
In her chat with Monsters & Critics, Sue admitted that her youngsters were first of all worried about the courting. "When they met [Michael], the first thing, independently, that they [said to] him was, 'Please don’t try to change my mom. Let her be that wild person she needs to be, because if you take that away, she’ll start to wither.'"
The trade owner acknowledged, "It’s definitely not a lifestyle for everybody. And I do have my times where I look and go, 'What the hell are you thinking?'… But then something else happens, and I go, 'Hey, yeah, this is why I do it.'"
One of her fresh tasks was cleansing up a portion of the Kavik River. "Something that had happened maybe in the ‘30s or ‘40s trashed a whole extension of the river. I get to clean it up, and there’s tiny little baby fish living in it now," she shared. "How can I not feel proud of that?"
New episodes of Life Below Zero air Tuesdays at Eight p.m. ET on National Geographic.
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