ÜBER DIESE EPISODE
Lacee Green is a BODi Super trainer, mom, and an absolute ray of sunshine. Lacee has a phrase she's been saying for years.
Find the joy and drop the judgment.
Last December, that phrase was put to the ultimate test. In May 2025, Lacee, a super trainer at the peak of her fitness, knew something was wrong with her body and pushed for answers.
An MRI found a pituitary tumor that had been quietly growing for almost a decade, hiding behind signs that doctors had waved off for years. That December, she had brain surgery, followed by a full month in the ICU.
In this episode, Lacee goes into detail about her physical and mental health through the most challenging time in her life and how she got through it. She teaches us the power of perseverance, positivity, and how to be real through it all. In a full-circle twist she never saw coming, the 10-minute beginner workouts she designed on BODi for others were the only thing she could do during her own recovery.
Lacee is a BODi Super Trainer (the first curvy Black female Super Trainer in the company's history), creator of For Beginners Only. She is a behavior change specialist, a fitness and mindset voice on the Today Show, and known as The Curvy Girl Trainer to women around the world.
She hands over the whole toolbox: feeling everything all the way through instead of forcing positive vibes only, giving yourself something concrete to look forward to, and tapping through ten specific grateful memories when the mirror gets mean.
And underneath it all, the stat that drives her work: 91% of women are unhappy with their bodies, chasing a body type only about 5% actually have. Lacee's answer… Fitness isfor every body and everybody, at every chapter.
If this year has handed you a diagnosis, a setback, or a season you didn't choose, this is your episode.
Your current situation is not your final destination. Woot woot!
Follow Lacee on Instagram @thecurvygirltrainer, train with her on the BODi app, and keep an eye out for her book: December 2026.
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Chapters
(00:00) Sunshine Herself
(00:33) Super Trainer, Mom, Author
(01:17) A Life-Changing Year
(02:20) "I Had Brain Surgery"
(02:50) Trusting Her Body
(03:50) The MRI
(04:30) The Saturday Night Call
(05:01) A Decade of Missed Signs
(06:03) "I Know I'm Gonna Be Okay"
(07:11) Football Season First
(07:50) A Month in the ICU
(08:10) Feel It All the Way Through
(09:00) Something to Look Forward To
(09:50) Full Circle: For Beginners Only
(10:35) Where the Mindset Comes From
(11:46) Not Your Final Destination
(13:25) Showing Up When It's Hard
(14:28) The Joy Spectrum
(14:40) The 3 A.M. Path
(16:20) Positive Relationships
(18:31) Split Pants, Live Stream
(20:10) The Pressure to Get It Right
(22:40) The Power of Pause
(23:01) Ten Grateful Memories
(24:14) Borrowing Belief
(24:40) Motherhood and the Balance Myth
(27:19) Becoming the Curvy Girl Trainer
(28:00) The 91% Problem
(28:53) A First at Beachbody
(30:10) Little Lacee in the Mirror
(33:14) The Audition With No Callback
(38:06) The Second Yes
(39:20) The Modifier Becomes the Star
(40:20) Keep Going
(43:44) Love Who You Are Right Now
(44:40) Celebrate Every Step
(47:30) Where to Find Lacee
