Kiwi mum and personal trainer Sera Lilly hits back at the haters who think you have to be skinny to be a PT

Publish Date: Tuesday, 26 June 2018, 12:30PM

Kiwi mum Sera Lilly was in the studio yesterday sharing her inspirational story of how a near-death experience motivated her to put health and fitness at the centre of her life.

The qualified personal trainer - who has her own fitness app Fit with Sera Lilly - has now hit back at trolls on social media who suggested that someone "can't be fat and a personal trainer".

Push yourself each and every day to do at least one thing that scares you. ♡

A post shared by Sera Lilly (@fitwithseralilly) on Apr 15, 2018 at 4:34pm PDT

Taking to Instagram Sera slammed her haters saying: "you can't judge someone's based on their size."

"I know people who are 'fat' with high BMIs who can run, like, 10kms, do box jumps and everything."

“I feel like I've set the example for loving your body no matter what size it is, but I also can set the example for being healthy as well" - Queen Latifah

A post shared by Sera Lilly (@fitwithseralilly) on May 17, 2018 at 2:03pm PDT

"If my being fat offends you that much," she continued speaking to her trolls, "you've got to look at what's going on in your life, you gotta look at yourself."

READ MORE: Kiwi mum's near death experience after giving birth changed her life completely

Meanwhile, Sarah, Sam and Toni asked listeners what their thoughts were - listen below to hear what they had to say:

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