You Got This: How woman achieved 12-month booty transformation

Paige Thulborn spent nearly two years working on her figure - but a short video showing off her results has caused jaws to drop.

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Paige Thulborn is proof that with patience and determination you can smash your goals.

The 24-year-old has transformed her figure over the course of 20 months, documenting her 25kg weight loss in before and after snaps on Instagram.

However it’s a 10-second clip she posted on TikTok recently that really shows how much she’s achieved.

Her video, which is a time-lapse of her health and wellness journey, has been viewed more than 334,000 times and shows the jaw-dropping difference she has made in less than two years.

While the viral clip makes it look easy, Ms Thulborn told news.com.au it began began in December 2018 when she moved from country Victoria to the coastal city of Wollongong in NSW.

“The difference in humidity and heat made me feel so uncomfortable in my body. I just felt physically heavy and knew something had to change or continue feeling this way,” she said.

She tried to “eat healthy” during the week but once the weekend rolled around she would often indulge in takeaway foods and high calorie meals.

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Paige Thulborn, 24, began her weight loss transformation in December 2018. Picture: Supplied

She has now lost a total of 25kg. Picture: Supplied

“I would mindlessly consume a lot of empty calories through things like orange juice and soft drinks, and on top of that, my meals were very calorie dense like lasagne or pasta,” Ms Thulborn told news.com.au

“Working a desk job I would always mindlessly eat from boredom — snacking on things like yoghurt, crackers and fruit.”

She also said at the time she led a “very sedentary” lifestyle which affected her in various ways.

“Regardless of whether the food I consumed was ‘healthy’ or not, I was eating in a surplus. I had no concept of energy balance or being in a calorie deficit.”

But that all changed when she started tracking her macronutrients, a method that involves logging the food you eat and working out how many “macronutrients” you consume per day.

“It had been two weeks since we (partner and I) moved interstate and I physically wasn’t coping. I was scrolling on Instagram when I came across Abs By Alana and was blown away by her clients’ transformations.”

She immediately signed up to the online trainer’s six week challenge where she learnt how to track her macros, which are broken up into three major nutrient groups, carbohydrates, protein and fat, making sure she is in a deficit.

She said she tried to eat ‘healthy’ during the week, and then the weekend would come around and she would be eating takeaway. Picture: Supplied

She felt uncomfortable in her own body and would get so disheartened when she went clothes shopping. Picture: Supplied

Ms Thulborn also began exercising, mainly lifts weights focusing on building to heavier loads.

“My program has me training my lower body three times a week.”

As for her “booty gains” Ms Thulborn said she owes it to “a lot of hip thrusts”.

“I think it also has a lot to do with my body fat dropping and muscle mass slightly increasing so my muscle looks fuller.”

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But after joining Abs By Alana and losing 25kg, she said she’s never felt more confident and happy. Picture: Supplied

Now Ms Thulborn is in preparation for her first ever bikini competition which means she’s eating slightly differently, consuming by volume and whole foods.

“An average day for me is; Weet-Bix with almond milk, protein powder, topped with strawberries and cinnamon,” she said.

“Lunch is usually a big container of veggies with chicken or beef mince and then dinner is a big salad with air fried spud lite and Moroccan chicken.”

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Paige was 78kg when she started her weight loss journey. Picture: Supplied

She has now built the confidence to enter her first ever bikini competition. Picture: Supplied

Ms Thulborn also enjoys snacks such as a bowl of fruit with lots of watermelon and strawberries.

“Dessert is usually jelly and a paddle pop every night. I also have a Freddo frog every single day and have since I started my journey.”

She said it’s all about balance and “this is what personally keeps me consistent”.

Ms Thulborn, who is just three weeks out from the bikini compeition on the south coast, said she entered as a way to celebrate her progress.

“My confidence levels have completely turned around and this journey has opened my eyes that I am capable of anything,” she said.

Her recent 10-second video showing off her hard work, left people in awe, many asking “how” she did it.

The bikini model hopes documenting her journey on social media helps inspire others.

“I get a lot of direct messages from girls saying how I’ve inspired them to push themselves on their own journey and it’s been so rewarding,” she said.

“I cannot wait until I am a qualified coach and can help women transform their lives the way Alana changed mine.”

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Originally published as You Got This: How woman achieved 12-month booty transformation