Luna Castillos (born August 30, 1991 in Santa Marta, Colombia) is a online personality and fitness Youtuber. She is known for her motivational vlogs as well as being a spokesmodel for Gymshark Athletic Wear.
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What are your macros?
My body is different than your body, my body responds to what I eat differently than what your body will. For this reason, I see no use in discussing my numbers.
How tall are you?
I'm 5'6" and before I moved to LA I thought I was tall! Then I came here and I feel like I'm shouting up to people. The next three questions are 'how tall is your boyfriend.' Ro is 6'7", I foresee so many back problems caused by having to lean down to hear me.
What's your nationality?
I'm Colombian and American, my mom is American. I was raised in Santa Mart, but spent many summers in the USA.
How do you manage being a fit mom?
So fitness and youtube are my career, there is no such thing as not working out. Obviously I take time to spend with my family but I have a nanny take the wheel in the mornings (calling all haters). That and Xander keeps me plenty fit now that he's walking/running/jumping.
What was your first job?
I worked at Olive Garden while I was in college. Holla, breaksticks.
Will you and Roscoe get married?
No, we're not that serious. We're taking things slow.
What school did you go to? Why did you drop out?
UCLA for two years. International student fees and not enough ambition.
Are you attending any expos this year?
I'll be at Fitxpo in Melbourne and Brisbane with Gymshark in October.
How does Roscoe feel about your vlogs?
Loves to hate it, hates to love it
How has life changed since having a baby?
It's more difficult, but more rewarding than it ever has been.
Would you ever come out with gym apparel?
Yes, LuluCastillos. I'll be selling yoga clothes, fancy water bottles and yoga mats. #jkno
Can you insta DM me nudes?
No, ChampagneRob, I can't.
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I started going to the gym because I was lonely. I'd just moved from Colombia to America and didn't really have any friends, so I began to work out so I could meet people. I'd mainly hop on a treadmill and run my ass off (literally, oops), then go do a few crunches on a yoga mat. I didn't take it seriously. I was eighteen, so when I did meet people all I wanted to do was party. My change was initiated by self-hatred. I was sick of waking up feeling like shit, too tired and hungover to make the most of myself. I hated what I saw in the mirror and who I thought people thought I was. That's when I started weightlifting. I looked at girls like Jamie Eason for inspiration, and when I started I saw results quickly. It was a fun and different way to accomplish my goals.
I started recording my fitness journey on tumblr. It was a simple way to hold myself accountable for my goals. I didn't really get tumblr-famous, I just posted progress pictures and pictures I found inspiring... typical, honestly. I started Youtubing after a suggestion from a guy at the gym who did it. It was different, I liked taking people on my journey with me. I never expected to make a career off of it. Being on social media has inspired me massively, quite honestly I feel like I'm letting people down when I don't keep them up to date. At the end of the day, my biggest motivation is being a healthy and positive role model for girls to look up to.
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What's in my Gym Bag?
Lululemon Run All Day Backpack - G-Loves.com lifting gloves, C4 Pre-workout in pink lemonade, face wipes, Polar watch A800, hair brush, dry shampoo, hair ties, Nintendo 3DS with Pokemon Alpha Sapphire, Bose earbuds, Rise gym belt, deodorant, Nike fanny pack, tampons, EOS chapstick.
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Taking a moment to talk about Roscoe, literally everyone's favourite subject. 25% of the comments I get on my Youtube are Roscoe related, when I do a Q&A the questions about Roscoe take up about half of my inbox. He should literally just make his own Youtube because of how wildly more popular he is than me.
To set things straight: Roscoe isn't the man who changed me or validated me. He's not the one who made me see stars in a dark sky or made me want to live. He's the man who supported me emotionally and sometimes financially, who watches me constantly develop, and who has helped me become the person I am today... and I lied, he's changed my opinions. Like how I didn't want kids, and now I'm a young mother. He's one of the most important people to me and I would hate to imagine life without him. The things I put of us on Youtube are us, they're candid and genuine. We relish the simple moments (like him grabbing my ass during my workout, or me switching on the camera as he gets frustrated in a traffic jam) and honestly don't take ourselves too seriously.
But there's a different us off the camera as well. As much as we support each other and like to keep humored, we're a couple. And as a couple, you see flaws you hate, then you fight. Like he travels a lot for work and I become emotional and needy. Not only because I have a two year old, but because I am practically a two year old on an emotional level. When he's leaving, I'm crying. When he's gone, most of our phone calls start with "I hate you", "you need to come home", "I can't do this", and end with, "I love you", "please come home", "I miss you so much". The kind of desperate neediness my I-don't-need-a-man-self hates. Then when he's home, I can't get enough and I would rather spend the time positively than negatively. He probably hates that more than I do, it really puts my self-esteem through the chipper. We work well together, but I think that's pretty obvious in my channel. We're generous toward each other and we both like seeing each other succeed. He inspires me to be ambitious and I hope I do the same in him.
Then there's a third party. The first being how the camera sees us, how we actually are, and how the people who know us see us. Or maybe, how we act around other people. I'm really the same. What you see is what you get. But Roscoe can be a bit of a dick. So much of a dick that my cousin's boyfriend once asked my cousin if she was sure I was safe. So much of a dick that I once gave his arm a really painful Indian Sunburn after he complained about food at a restaurant. The types of people I can't stand: people who hate dogs (weird), people who are pro-Trump, people are uneducated in world news, and people who are rude to customer service. Roscoe is so rude to customer service, allthetime. I have him mostly trained, but sometimes he doesn't say thank you or stack his plates so it's easier for the waitress to pick up. He's also a really terrible tipper, I hate that. I can look past most of it, because he grew up as a privileged fuckboy and you can't teach an old dog new tricks. But sometimes I wish I could taser him.
Rant over. So Roscoe didn't make me see the stars, but one time he showed me Orion's belt. And he didn't validate me, but he has been my spotter when I'm hitting fresh PRs.
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To be honest, I thought Lu was a complete maniac when she told me that she and Roscoe were trying to have a baby. Firstly: she was twenty-two. Any decisions I made when I was twenty-two were bad ones, even if at the time I thought they were good. Secondly: Roscoe, no one in the family likes him very much. He's a jerk, I don't understand what she sees in him. Thirdly: speaking of family and Roscoe. Our parents are very religious and they're not married.
I felt bad when she called me on the phone during the peak of a mental breakdown. Couldn't get pregnant, didn't know why, they've tried everything, and she'd put on weight (the horror). Sure, I felt bad but I also believed it was for the best. Then she called me two months later telling me that our cousin was carrying her baby. Our family ridiculed them both for it. Our parents had massive arguments over it, it almost caused our mother a heart attack (“Satan's work,” she said). They tried to talk Luna out of it, despite the fact that it was already underway.
Alexander is two now, or must nearly be. I haven't met him and neither have my parents. She sends plenty of pictures and videos, she keeps saying she'll head out to see us soon. It must be hard... Roscoe away all the time and nobody around. Just her and that baby; what a mistake.
- Joaquin Castillios (brother)
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