In 2015 (photo shown on the left), O’Neill wrote that she “underate, overtrained, and genuinely didn’t have a bloody clue.”
She looked emaciated, borderline anorexic, and had a lackluster amount of energy in her daily life.
“I started my journey by drastically eliminating ‘bad foods’ from my diet […] and doing regular cardio,” O’Neill wrote in a blog post last year. “But as I began investigating and reading more, I began to understand that to really achieve my goals, which essentially was to become stronger and more toned, I’d have to do things a bit differently. Essentially lift heavy things and eat a bit more.“
Emma primarily added food and lifting to her daily regimen and began looking & feeling better instantly. By adding lifting to her routine 5-6 times a week she noticed increased muscle mass, and admitted to feeling proud of her own transformation.
She also declared that her dramatic health approach helped her find a harmonious balance between the gym and the rest of her life.
“You don’t need to be perfect or even near perfect to achieve your goals and transform you body/life,” she wrote. “Sure, you do have to work hard. But I promise you can still mess up, eat the things you love, miss your gym sessions, and be a normal human, too.”
The proof is in the pictures…