Shay Mitchellhas had more than her fair share of work on her plate amid the COVID pandemic.

“2020 was the year of searching for something to make us feel good.

Not even good…to feel fine.

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Feel ‘normal,'” Mitchell explained.

And that was okay…for a while."

However, Mitchell knew it was time for a change.

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“[I] made a pact with myself that 2021 would be different.

Read on to see Mitchell’s remarkable transformation and find out how she got healthier in a single month.

And for more easy ways to shape up, check out these15 Underrated Weight Loss Tips That Actually Work.

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She started working out four days a week.

Think you should probably hit the gym every day to get results like Mitchell’s?

She mixed up her workouts.

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It wasn’t just one workout that got Mitchell into such amazing shape.

She also incorporated recovery stretches post-workout to keep her body limber.

She didn’t stick to a strict diet plan.

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“I don’t believe in diets.

Personally, they don’t work for me.

I think you oughta eat in moderation.

That is the only thing, at least for me, that works.”

Mitchelltold her Instagram followersfollowing her 2016SELF cover.