The Level Up Podcast with Paul Alex

Episode: The Biohacking Blueprint: How Tereza & Anthony Lolli Transformed Their Bodies & Lives

Date: December 2, 2025
Host: Paul Alex Espinoza
Guests: Anthony & TereZa Lolli

Episode Overview

This episode features Anthony and TereZa Lolli—a dynamic couple deeply involved in real estate, media, and the fast-growing world of biohacking. The conversation delivers a candid, high-energy dive into their personal journeys: from Anthony’s real estate success and health transformation to the couple’s innovative approach to parenting, homeschooling, and health-focused documentary production. The Lollis share their hard-won insights on entrepreneurship, family legacy, health optimization, and their mission to democratize biohacking knowledge for everyday people.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

Anthony and TereZa’s Entrepreneurial Journeys

• Anthony’s Background:
  • Started in real estate at 19; self-made multimillionaire by 22.
  • Launched multiple companies including real estate brokerage and billboard company.
  • Broke family cycles: “I was the first one to create generational wealth in my family.” [02:39]
• TereZa’s Background:
  • Raised in Armenia, moved to the U.S. at 20. Holds an accounting degree.
  • Pursued arts and entertainment, becoming an actor (Netflix films) and pop rock band leader.
  • Met Anthony by chance during professional engagements in New York.
• Power Couple Dynamic:
  • Have been married 13 years, parents of two.
  • Both are leaders at Lolly Brands Entertainment and co-editors of Biohack Yourself Media.

Instilling Entrepreneurial & Growth Mindsets in Their Children

• Children’s Early Industry Immersion:
  • Booked 100+ modeling and acting jobs before age 6, including Netflix and Cannes Film Festival appearances.
• Education Choices:
  • Experimented with public, private, Montessori, Waldorf, and homeschooling models.
  • “We became parents at every single school… to really dissect everything.” – TereZa [08:16]
  • Settled on homeschooling to allow personalized education, agency, and diverse extracurriculars: debate, etiquette, sports, martial arts, arts, swimming, and pickleball.
  • Only two hours of formal learning with a tutor, four days per week. “They’re able to actually retain information.” – TereZa [09:44]
• Finding Purpose:
  • Exposed kids to many activities to let their interests naturally emerge rather than specialize early.
  • “We just wanted to really understand how do they accept everything… gives them ability of being absorbent.” – TereZa [12:20]
• Fostering Agency & Resilience:
  • Debate classes taught self-advocacy and critical thinking.
  • Handled rejection (not making sports teams) as motivation to improve and persist.

Notable Parenting Philosophy

• Treating children as capable, intelligent beings from birth, providing real (not baby talk) conversation and emotional safety.
  • “If I’m changing a diaper, I’m talking like an adult.” – TereZa [17:20]
  • Deeply researched and opposed to “cry it out” sleep training, citing emotional development risks.

Transforming Health: From Rock Bottom to Biohacking Leaders

Anthony’s Health Transformation

• After exiting his real estate company at over 315 lbs, Anthony underwent gastric sleeve surgery—lost 50 lbs, only to regain 70, lose muscle mass, develop sleep apnea, and face hospitalization:
  • “I took a shortcut. If you take shortcuts, you’re only going to cut your life short.” – Anthony [21:10]
• Turning point: Inspired by a family intervention, TereZa’s vision board, and his daughter’s plea—“I don’t want you to die.”
• Treated transformation as a business: hired a live-in nutritionist, built a support team, and focused on long-term change rather than quick fixes.
  • “I was in the business of losing weight and saving, you know, fighting for my life.” – Anthony [21:46]
• Results: Lost 125 lbs in 9 months, had loose skin surgery, became a transformation icon.
• Became the subject of viral documentaries and a beacon of hope worldwide.
  • “Men around the world were, you know, messaging, saying, ‘I was ready to kill myself…until I saw this documentary.’” [22:48]

TereZa’s Health & Body Transformation

• Battled severe diastasis recti after childbirth (8-finger ab separation), a condition that affects ~50% of mothers.
• Non-surgical solution: rigorous resistance training program (squatted 225 lbs, planked with heavy weights), used specialized bands.
  • “I gained 12 pounds of muscle in a matter of 10 months, all naturally. My protein powder was pea protein.” – TereZa [27:14]
• Became a two-time bikini pro through functional, natural bodybuilding, chronicled in documentaries.

Family as Social Proof

• Key Theme: All experiments are tested on themselves and family, filmed openly for documentaries.
  • “We invite the audience to be with us…now we’re touching top of the top experts and world leaders in longevity and biohacking and bringing that to everyday people.” – TereZa [23:30]

Documentaries, Media, and The Power of Production

Expanding into Media & Biohack Yourself

• From cell phone vlogs to multi-million dollar, Hollywood-level documentary production. Employing hundreds across industry connections.
• Strategic use of celebrity and influencer culture to reach wider audiences:
  • “Indie stuff may not get the same respect…so we’re definitely high believers in quality.” – TereZa [37:11]
  • Dubbed “the Hollywood of biohacking.”
• Documentaries win dozens of awards, with 12 currently streaming and a print magazine in 5,800 stores.
• “Everything is edutaining and experiential…we’re going to do it no matter what. We just invite the audience.” – TereZa [23:30]
• Seek to democratize health knowledge:
  • “We make it extremely uncommon understandable.” – TereZa [40:31]

Showcasing the Family’s Vulnerable Moments

• Chronicled personal health scares (e.g., dental infection), children’s health journeys (multiple misdiagnoses led to functional medicine solutions), and intergenerational procedures.
• New projects include biological dentistry, women’s health (“Shield She Healed”), and an ongoing focus on longevity.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Generational Wealth:
  “I was the first one to kind of create generational wealth my family.” – Anthony [02:39]

• On Transformation Over Weight Loss:
  “It was all a mindset shift, I think…for him, it was important to understand he was no longer weight loss, we’re focusing on transformation.” – TereZa [24:17] “If you take shortcuts, you’re only going to cut your life short.” – Anthony [21:10]

• On Parenting:
  “We treat our kids like adults from day one.” – TereZa [17:20]
  “The fact of the matter is, is that we all have children for selfish reasons…like a business, if you don’t pay attention to it, it’s gonna bite back at you.” – Anthony [19:25]

• On Mission & Motivation:
  “We’re obsessed with health and longevity… it gamifies life and happiness and we totally compete with each other all the time with our labs.” – TereZa [42:52]
  “It’s very purposeful and meaningful work because we’ve designed our lives like our life is a movie, really what it is. And we’re writing the script every day.” – Anthony [43:41]

Timestamps for Key Segments

• Anthony’s Early Entrepreneurship: 00:00 – 02:30
• TereZa’s Background & Meeting Anthony: 03:00 – 04:45
• Children in The Industry & Homeschooling Philosophy: 05:03 – 10:04
• Raising Resourceful, Agency-driven Kids: 10:04 – 15:06
• On Debate Class & Treating Kids Like Adults: 15:45 – 17:34
• Opposition to “Cry It Out” Parenting: 17:49 – 18:56
• Health Transformation Journey Begins: 20:09 – 22:47
• Details on Documentaries & Experiential Storytelling: 23:30 – 25:59
• TereZa’s Transformation & Role in Mom-focused Stories: 25:59 – 27:14
• Functional Medicine & Saving Their Son: 28:25 – 30:10
• Homeopathic Healing and Resilience: 30:10 – 32:09
• Importance of Biological Dentistry: 32:49 – 33:47
• Production Quality & Strategy: 35:12 – 37:38
• Vision for Biohack Yourself Media: 39:10 – 41:20
• Simplifying Expert Science for The Masses: 40:31 – 41:29
• Their Ultimate “Why” & Family Mission: 42:52 – 43:54

Resources & Where to Find Them

• Instagram: @AnthonyLolly & @Tereza.Lolly
• Magazine/Brand: Biohack Yourself (in major retailers and online)
• Streaming Documentaries: All major platforms (“Biohack Yourself,” “Shield She Healed,” “Skin Deep,” etc.)

Episode Tone

Inspirational, action-oriented, deeply personal, educational, and purpose-driven—Paul Alex and the Lollis keep it real, vulnerable, and high energy throughout, always connecting back to practical takeaways for listeners seeking to “level up” in health, wealth, and family life.

Summary Takeaway

This episode delivers a blueprint for radical personal transformation—one rooted in entrepreneurial grit, family-first values, deliberate self-experimentation, and a commitment to making life-saving health knowledge accessible to all. Whether you’re a parent, entrepreneur, or on your own health journey, the Lollis provide powerful examples and actionable mindsets to inspire your next level.