Belle Daza on Weight Loss, Post-Pregnancy Changes, and Why Self-Care Isn’t About Approval
For Women’s Month, the actress and mom of three opens up about her fitness journey, doctor-led weight loss, and choosing purpose over public pressure.
Belle Daza approaches wellness with the same honesty she brings to everything else. When it comes to her weight loss journey, she doesn’t shy away from the conversation—she leans into it. “I’ve been very open about it,” she tells Allure Philippines.
It’s the same openness that carries through to her advocacies. Belle speaks candidly about mental health through The SexyTime Podcast, where she has created a safe space to talk about sex and sexual wellness. She does this with her sister Ava Daza, who is also her co-founder at JellyTime, their sexual wellness brand.
As a mom of three, Belle understands that bodies evolve—and so should the way we care for them. She has committed to moving more, from high-intensity HYROX training to completing a marathon, while also becoming more intentional about her nutrition.
For Belle, wellness is about finding what works for her body and sustaining it.
In an exclusive interview with Allure Philippines at the launch of Belo Body Reset, she reflects on the realities of post-pregnancy weight loss, the discipline behind her routine, and why lasting change is about more than just quick fixes.
Where are you on your health journey, and what has it been like for you?
I’ve been very open about my weight loss journey ever since having three kids. I dedicated 2025 to doing HYROX. I also did a marathon. I lived a 90 percent healthy lifestyle in terms of food intake, workouts, strength training, but I still felt a bit stuck.
I’ve always been quite insecure about my arms. I wanted to have toned arms before I had kids. I’ve been working really hard at that, lifting very heavy, doing calisthenics, but I could never quite reach my goal.
How do you separate empowerment from pressure when you’re constantly in the public eye?
It’s very difficult to live your life based on the acceptance of others. That is the pressure I try not to feel. I’m very comfortable with my own mission in life but it takes a lot of work to do it. You need to do your own self-work and empower yourself. It doesn’t just come naturally. It’s also something that you work on daily, because we are in the public eye. We do receive comments, and people’s opinions, and advice that is unsolicited. Empowerment is really knowing who you are, what your truth is, and allowing that to guide you as you move forward.
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What’s the hardest part of the process that people didn’t see?
People think that taking tirzepatide or Mounjaro is a shortcut. It’s definitely not that. It’s science-based, doctor-led, and you still have to make the right choices. Doing it, I can have a pizza or maybe something extremely unhealthy, but I choose to make protein my priority, having vegetables and prepping my meals. Once you start seeing results, you get excited. Then you’re more ganado to walk 15,000 steps a day. Then you’re more ganado not to skip your workout because it’s a whole kind of plan that you’ve created and you want to stick to. It’s little habits and decisions every day that make up this whole thing. There’s a stigma that once you inject this, that’s it. That’s definitely not what it is. You still have to make the decisions every day—how to eat properly, working out, strength training, sleeping early.
How do we talk about weight loss in a way that doesn’t reinforce harmful beauty standards?
I think everybody struggles with their own kind of insecurity. But to talk about beauty standards and weight standards is very hard, especially being in the public eye, because there’s a contradictory factor. When I gained weight, people were like, “Ang taba taba mo, you’re so fat.” It’s like, ano ba talaga, what do you want? If I’m too fat, you tell me I’m too fat. And then if I’m skinny, you’re like, “Ano ba yan, you’re too skinny.” Trying to please people and living your life based on them is just a bottomless pit. You need to know what your North Star is. I always like to say my mission is to inspire people to be the best versions of themselves. Because we have social media, you look at people on the screen, you’re like, “I want to be this person.” And I always comment to people, “You do you, because there’s only one you.”
Is wanting to change your body an act of control or self-care?
I think it’s an act of self-care, if you’re going in the right direction and you’re doing it with purpose and the right intention. But if you’re doing it for acceptance of others, for other people to praise you, that is not the right intention.
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Is progress about how you look or how you feel?
Progress is definitely about how you feel, but I’m not going to say that how you look doesn’t play a part, because we are in this industry where beauty is definitely put on a pedestal. When you feel good, it just radiates how you look.
Is wellness a private journey or a public conversation?
In my case, it is a public conversation because I’ve been so open about my weight loss journey, which is why I felt very strongly about being honest that I am doing a medical metabolic reset, which is taking tirzepatide. I don’t want to lie to the audience and say I’m super sexy and skinny because I’m doing 10,000 steps a day. No, I needed help and I’m okay with that. I’m at peace with my decision because I feel that I’m quite a rational person and I wouldn’t do things if it wasn’t data-driven, science-based, and most importantly, doctor-led.
Is long-term health about consistency or commitment?
I think it’s a bit about both, because commitment is something in which you wake up and decide to do every single day. Did you see that meme that says consistency doesn’t look like a straight, flat line? Sometimes you’re up and sometimes you’re down. Allow yourself that compassion to say it’s okay that you didn’t work out today, and you maybe had [a certain kind of] meal and you drank so much alcohol. Maybe tomorrow, we’ll get at it again. People think it’s black or white. It’s definitely a journey. It’s a rollercoaster. And the most important thing is that we shouldn’t judge ourselves on how we feel about it because we are our worst critics, don’t you think? I’m sure every single woman who looks in the mirror, the first thing they see is a bad thing about themselves. That’s not what we’re trying to promote here. You are unique, you’re individual, and what you’re going through is your personal journey.
