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Fitness influencer is in mourning
Loss of girlfriend threw Sophia Thiel back: “It didn’t work anymore”
In mid-March, fitness influencer Sophia Thiel (27) experienced a stroke of fate: her close friend, fitness influencer Verena Sam, lost her fight against cancer at the age of 39. Thiel then took a break to process the loss of her friend.
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In a YouTube video, the 27-year-old now recounts how much pain overwhelmed her. “It didn’t work anymore,” she explained. Thiel was in a bad negative phase. This was also reflected in his eating habits. I have to eat somehow now, she thought just a few weeks ago. “If I don’t do this now, it would destroy me.”
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Thiel suffers from the eating disorder bulimia nervosa
Thiel suddenly withdrew from the public eye in 2019. It was not until February 2021 that he returned to his social networks and also explained the reason for his breakup. She suffered from the eating disorder bulimia nervosa, which is mainly characterized by sudden and severe binge eating.
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Sophia Thiel: “Totally absent from the head”
In the YouTube video, Thiel now explains that his pain also affected his training. He threw his plan away because he lacked motivation. “I took almost a complete break from training for four weeks. I’ve been to the gym a couple of times, but my head is completely absent and I’m not focused,” the 27-year-old said.
Now Thiel is once again looking positively towards the future. His conclusion: “It was more of a mental challenge for me, a very, very strong one.” Now he has learned that he has to take great care of himself in those moments.
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Emotional farewell on Instagram
Sophia Thiel said goodbye to her friend Verena Sam in an Instagram post on April 4. “Dear Verena, I still can’t understand why you had to leave us so early,” she wrote at the time.
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In the post, Thiel also posted joint photos of the two women and a photo of himself with tears in his eyes. “We had such wonderful and intense times together that I will never forget.”
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