Anjelis Oliveira

Hi, I’m Anjelis Oliveira, a registered nurse, weight loss coach, educator, busy professional, mom, and founder of Rising Stars Wellness.

I’ve struggled with my weight for most of my life. Like many women, I tried diets, programs, weight loss surgery, and eventually GLP-1 medication. Each tool helped in different ways, but my true transformation happened when I stopped looking for one thing to fix me and started changing how I lived, thought, and showed up for myself.

After weight loss surgery, I experienced progress, setbacks, weight regain, and the frustration of feeling like I should have had it all figured out. I know what it feels like to be successful in your career, care for your family, and still feel stuck when it comes to your own health.

I’ve now lost more than 105 pounds, but the biggest transformation was not just the number on the scale. It was learning how to make small, realistic habit changes, shift my mindset, create structure, and stop starting over every Monday.

Today, I help busy women and professionals transform beyond the shot and beyond the surgery. Through Rising Stars Wellness, I teach a whole-person approach built around four core pillars: nutrition, movement, sleep, and mindset.

My philosophy is simple: love yourself to health and focus on progress, not perfection. Sustainable change does not come from punishment, extreme diets, or trying to be perfect. It comes from learning to care for yourself consistently, one small decision at a time.

I enjoy honest conversations about weight loss surgery, GLP-1 medications, weight regain, emotional eating, identity, habit change, and what lasting transformation really looks like. I bring clinical knowledge, lived experience, practical strategies, and a little humor to every conversation.

Surgery and medication can be powerful tools, but lasting change happens when we build the habits and mindset needed to thrive beyond them.