How a Women’s Health Leader Lost 138 Pounds and Reclaimed Her Life
By all accounts, health and movement were in Breia Loft’s DNA.
Raised in a family where fitness wasn’t a trend but a lifestyle, Breia grew up surrounded by runners, athletes, and movement enthusiasts. Her mom was all about Jazzercise and Jane Fonda workout tapes (yes, the iconic leg warmers era), while her dad was still running until age 82. Her brother competed in cross-country at Lipscomb University, and Breia was a cheerleader at Harding University.
Fitness was simply how life was done.
But somewhere between building a career, raising kids, and pouring into everyone else, Breia lost herself.
Now 55, Breia is an advanced practice nurse midwife and Director of Nurse Midwifery Services and Advanced Practice Providers in OB/GYN at Regional One Health in Memphis. For years, she spent her days guiding thousands of women through one of life’s most sacred moments: childbirth.
At home, she and her husband, Stephen, were raising their daughters, Korey and Savannah, while juggling the nonstop chaos of competitive cheerleading, school events, travel, and family life. Like so many women, Breia became everyone else’s support system while quietly neglecting her own health.
The result? Significant weight gain, declining health, and feeling disconnected from herself.
Then came 2022 — a year that changed everything.
While pursuing her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at the University of Alabama, Breia found herself at one of the lowest points of her life, both physically and emotionally. At the same time, her youngest child, Liam —then 13, a talented sprinter and travel soccer athlete — developed severe disordered eating and was ultimately diagnosed with anorexia.
What followed was every parent’s nightmare.
Liam required hospitalization at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, followed by 13 weeks of intensive inpatient treatment in Atlanta. Their family entered full survival mode.
“It was the hardest season we’ve ever walked through,” Breia shares.
That season became a turning point.
While Liam was in treatment, Breia made a decision: if she was going to show up for her son through recovery, she had to start showing up for herself, too.
And so, her transformation began.
Not with gimmicks. Not with extremes.
With consistency.
Armed with her background in nutrition, Breia committed to meal prep, movement, nutraceutical support focused on gut health and cortisol balance, natural energy supplementation, and daily spiritual discipline.
This was when the Peloton, outdoor walking, and Pilates became her non-negotiables.
Rain or shine. Early mornings or late nights. Every single day.
What started as personal accountability soon evolved into social media content. Her practical, lazy meal-prep videos — “What’s in My Lunchbox?” — began attracting increasing attention from women looking for realistic wellness inspiration.
Since beginning her journey in 2022, Breia has lost 138 pounds and maintained her weight loss.
Her son Liam is now thriving in recovery, and Breia has discovered a new passion along the way: Pilates.
A self-proclaimed Pilates enthusiast, she is approaching her 500th class at Club Pilates and plans to begin teacher training in 2027.
At home, Breia and Stephen, married 35 years, live on what she affectionately calls a “faux farm” on 10 acres in Tipton County, complete with a garden, four dogs, a decked-out playset for their five grandchildren, and plans for future bees and chickens.
Because apparently building a wellness empire and raising a family wasn’t enough.
Today, Breia channels her passion for wellness into helping others find their healthiest selves at any age. Through her platform, Fierce Healthy Life, she shares fitness routines, nutrition strategies, meal prep, menopause support, and sustainable wellness tools.
She also partners with health and wellness company XMD Wellness, helping connect patients to medically supervised wellness support, including peptide therapies through licensed providers and FDA-approved pharmacies.
Breia is especially passionate about what she calls “walking fiercely through menopause.”
Her message is clear: age is not a limitation — it’s leverage.
“I feel better at 55 than I did in my late 30s and 40s,” she says. “It’s never too late to prioritize yourself.”
Her favorite term for women over 50?
Queenagers.
And honestly, it fits.
Because for Breia Loft, 55 isn’t the finish line. It’s the glow-up.
By Melissa Adams
Photo by Hitomi Kurzinsky
