A fashion designer who gained 23 kilos during pregnancy has reached her goal of returning to her pre-baby body weight just in time to tie the knot with her fiancé.
Bride Thessy Kouzoukas, who runs popular Queensland-based label Sabo Skirt, married longtime love Georgio Batsinilas in Kythera, Greece, over the weekend.
Dressed in a stunning Leah Da Gloria designer gown, the 29-year-old unveiled her incredible body transformation after months of tweaking her diet and working out.
She has been sharing her fitness journey using app Fitasfk with her 148,000 Instagram followers for seven months, but photos of the brunette beauty at her dream wedding cemented the transformation.
Thessy Kouzoukas, who runs popular Queensland-based label Sabo Skirt, married longtime love Georgio Batsinilas in Kythera, Greece, over the weekend
Thessy Kouzoukas, 29, from Queensland took to Instagram to showcase her phenomenal weight loss
‘Well guys, I did it!!! I am getting married and I am so happy that I’ve reached my goal of 53 kilos,’ she wrote in a social media post.
‘I lost a total of 13 kilos using the fitazfk method and a total of 23 kilos since having [daughter] Zani in August last year.
‘I’m so proud of the efforts I put in, the challenges I faced and the obstacles I overcame. The sacrifice and discipline needed to achieve this is extremely challenging but the reward from the outcome is a feeling I’ll never forget.’
In a YouTube video Thessy uploaded before she flew to Greece she outlined some of her signature ‘tips and tricks’ to becoming the ‘leanest and fittest’ she’s ever been.
‘Well guys, I did it!!! I am getting married and I am so happy that I’ve reached my goal of 53 kilos,’ she wrote in a social media post
She avoided olive oil, a staple in her salads usually, and used balsamic vinegar with lemon instead because it has fewer calories
She avoided olive oil, a staple in her salads usually, and used balsamic vinegar with lemon instead because it has fewer calories.
The slender Aussie also avoided red meat as much as possible, only have three lamb cutlets or a piece of steak twice a week.
She avoided ‘cheating’ on her diet by having a chocolate paddle pop every night and only had two bigger ‘cheat meals’ in seven months which were waffles.
Her wedding became her best form of motivation during the journey and helped her train six times a week, combined with long distance running.
On the sunshine-filled day Thessy shone in a bejewelled dress, keeping her long hair loose and free flowing.
Her wedding became her best form of motivation during the journey and helped her train six times a week, combined with long distance running
Previously Thessy, who went through countless rounds of IVF and also suffered with postpartum depression, said her main priority was to be a mother
‘I was so happy with how everything turned out especially the fabric and fit of my bustier with my large boobs,’ she said.
Previously Thessy, who went through countless rounds of IVF and also suffered with postpartum depression, said her main priority was to be a mother but she also wanted to lose weight the ‘proper way’ – without having to resort to a crash diet.
‘I see the photo on the left and know I grew a human using A LOT of artificial hormones, so I am not ashamed or upset to post this photo,’ she said on Instagram.
‘I know my body performed a miracle and I love myself for it. In saying this, I have a wedding I have dreamt my whole life about and I don’t want to get to two months out and go on a crash diet.
‘So I decided to do this the proper way. My main priority is being a mother but I found the time and dedication to exercise for 45 mins daily.
Another before-and-after snap (pictured) showed how just six weeks of eating healthy and exercising had helped her slim down
‘And what better timing… I was selected to test the @fitazfk app, I take my phone with me and use the gym section of the app, and do one cardio session and one resistance session every single day.
‘Days that I can’t make it to the gym (if I’m behind on work or Zani is sleeping) I’ll switch to “home work out” in the app. I’m seven weeks in… look at my progress. ‘
Thessy said she had to ‘work her ‘ar** off’ to lose every kilo she put on during pregnancy, and added she wasn’t one of the women who ‘bounce back’ and don’t look like they ‘grew a human’.
The couple and their daughter are still in Greece surrounded by family and friends, where they will honeymoon before returning to Australia.