NLP670 - 215 Pounds Lost Naturally – The Inspiring Journey of Leah Mancuso

The Next Level Health & Fitness Podcast (Formerly The Key Nutrition Podcast)

Brad Jensen

Health & Fitness, Weightloss, Motivation, Mindset, Food, Nutritionadvice, Fitness, Muscle, Gym, Nutrition, Musclebuilding, Mealprep, Keynutrition

4.9 • 766 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Next Level Health & Fitness Podcast, I had the absolute honor of sitting down with Leah Mancuso—someone who has completely transformed her life by losing over 215 pounds, all naturally.

Leah’s story is beyond inspiring. She dropped the weight in just about two years, and maybe even more impressive—she’s kept it off for the last year. Her journey has blown up on Instagram, with multiple viral reels and a rapidly growing following.

But with all that attention came some unexpected challenges. Leah opened up about what it’s been like to deal with negativity online, how she’s learned to handle it, and why she chooses to focus on the love and support she receives instead.

We talked about:

The mindset and habits that helped her lose over 215 pounds
The emotional highs and lows that came with the journey
What it takes to maintain long-term success
Her top tips for anyone on their own weight loss path

This one’s packed with motivation, realness, and some major takeaways. Whether you’re just getting started or deep into your own transformation, you’ll get a ton of value from this episode.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody? This is Brad Jensen and you are listening to the Next Level podcast.
0:24.5	Welcome back to another episode of the next level health and business podcast.
0:29.0	Today I am joined by Liam Ancuso. She is, she's dropped 250 pounds, 215 pounds.
0:35.3	I mean, could be 250.
0:40.5	Naturally, I came across to reel, one of her mini reels that goes viral every time because, uh, you have a very soothing voice. And she has such an
0:46.6	impactful story that, uh, that really, I think is, um, I mean, just from looking at some of your
0:53.4	content, just what you've been able to do and the turning point you had. And, um, I mean, just from looking at some of your content, just what you've been able to do and the
0:55.6	turning point you had. And so welcome to the show. So glad you decided to come on. Thank you.
1:01.4	Thank you for having me. I'm always grateful for any opportunity to just spread my message.
1:08.8	Yeah, when I reached out to Leah because I came across a reel and then I saw a bunch of other
1:14.2	people did it too, but like I just reacted to it and it's the least I've ever said.
1:18.4	And I'm like, it wasn't even my page and it went, I mean, it wasn't even my content and went
1:22.1	viral.
1:22.7	I was just like semi-viral.
1:23.9	I think it was like three or four million. I was like, and we connected in the DM
1:29.0	and I just, I was asking her to come on. And I was like, listen, we do okay. It's going to be worth
1:34.0	your time. And she's like, hey, downloads are not. I'll totally come on. I was like, okay,
1:38.8	cool. Really, it's just about so much more than that. Obviously, like you you want to reach as many people as possible, but even if you just reach one, like, that's what makes it worth it.
1:50.7	Yeah, what's crazy is you have 215 posts, which in the grand scheme of things, like I have 2,500.
1:59.4	And you have over 600,000 followers.
2:05.4	Like was that, I mean, was that ever like, did you ever imagine that's what was going to
2:10.7	happen?
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