Melissa Alcantara, a well-known personal trainer with famous clients like Kim Kardashian, regularly shares her go-to workouts and recipes on Instagram. From heart-healthy oatmeal to energizing workouts with bosu balls and dumbbells, Melissa’s posts offer a glimpse into her fitness-driven lifestyle. Her approach to food is just as mindful as her workouts, focusing on simple yet nourishing meals like oatmeal topped with caramelized bananas and perfectly cooked eggs. Whether she’s sharing a quick 20-minute workout or a recipe that fuels her day, Melissa’s Instagram is full of tips that help her followers live a healthier, more balanced life. Here’s a closer look at some of her favorite health habits.
As you can see from her Instagram post, Alcantara loves oats. According to Harvard Health, they have a lot of benefits. “Oats contain several components that have been proposed to exert health benefits. The primary type of soluble fiber in oats is beta-glucan, which has been researched to help slow digestion, increase satiety, and suppress appetite. Beta-glucan can bind with cholesterol-rich bile acids in the intestine and transport them through the digestive tract and eventually out of the body. Whole oats also contain plant chemicals called phenolic compounds and phytoestrogens that act as antioxidants to reduce the damaging effects of chronic inflammation that is associated with various diseases like cardiovascular disease and diabetes.”
Alcantara also enjoys eating bananas, as we learned from her Instagram post. The Cleveland Clinic reports that bananas have a lot of benefits. “With 3 grams (g) of fiber, a banana supplies nearly 10% of what you need in a day, based on a 2,000-calorie daily diet, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) dietary guidelines.”
Alcantara also enjoys eating eggs. She shared one of her favorite recipes for them in this Instagram video. Alcantara captioned it, “Fun Fit Foods…the best 7 minutes eggs!!! Works every single time! 1. boil water, make sure it’s BOILING not just bubbling! 2. Softly set your eggs in the water or they can break, even small cracks will make a difference in how your egg cooks. 3. Set your timer for 7 minutes not a second more! 4. Run your eggs under cold water. #healthyeating. 5. Crack those suckers, salt and ENJOY!! 😉”
Alcantara likes to use a bosu ball when she works out. She shared some of her favorite exercises to do with it in this Instagram video. In it, she is seen doing plank jacks, stability squats, side to sides, and suicides. Alcantara captioned the post, “25 min Cardio Bosu Workout SAVE this!! 4 moves 4 rounds. 45 seconds on 15 seconds rest. Take 1 min break after you complete all 4 moves then do it again for 4 rounds. Enjoy!!”
Alcantara also likes to use dumbbells to workout. She shared this video of herself using them on Instagram. Alcantara captioned it, “20 Min Full Body Dumbbell weekend workout!! 5 moves. Do each move one after the other, 45 seconds on 15 seconds rest. When you’ve completed all 5 moves take a 1 minute rest then do it again for 3 full rounds! SAVE and SHARE this and do it weekly or combine it with another one of my 20 minute workouts for a killer cardio training day.”