There’s no doubt Lizzo has had a remarkable weight loss journey since 2023. It also appears the 36-year-old Grammy winner is loving her current physique, and she recently took to social media to provide details on how she managed to shed those pounds.
In a TikTok Live on Tuesday, the Truth Hurts singer touched on her dietary behavior, telling her followers that she does not consume “sugary stuff” for breakfast. She said she rather prefers “super savory” stuff, PEOPLE reported.
“I do something sweet. It’s gotta be with some sort of like carb. I’ll have like almond butter and toast. So, everybody’s body is different. Find out what works for you,” Lizzo, born Melissa Viviane Jefferson, said.
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She also said she’s of the view that the sole practice that “works across the board, science-wise, is calories in versus calories out.” “That’s just how the human body works,” she added.
Lizzo also reflected on a previous daily Starbucks habit. She said that though she was initially consuming “two to three” large drinks from the popular coffeehouse daily, she ultimately put a stop to that after she became aware of the calorie count her body was taking in.
She said she was probably gaining as much as 1200 calories from the drinks she was consuming, adding that she ultimately quit consuming coffee in an effort to attain a better regulation of her “nervous system.”
Lizzo also revealed she “had to start applying a calorie deficit [eating fewer calories than you’re burning], because I was prone to binging.” She said that though counting calories is something she doesn’t feel is right, she fights “against the American food system” by using it, PEOPLE reported.
Lizzo in the TikTok Live also touched on how her weight loss journey was affected by her anxiety. “I’ve been working to get my anxiety under control for years. And then I decided that I want to release and I’m ready to stop waiting to be myself like fully and be happy,” she said.
“And I meditated. I calmed myself down. And I isolated a little bit, but not like made myself lonely, not the way I used to when I was depressed. I isolated myself in a mindful way where I had no distractions,” Lizzo added.
“I loved to distract myself with people. I loved to distract myself with food. I loved to distract myself with drinking. I loved to distract myself with problems that I would create. I would love to do that. And I stopped doing that,” she continued. “And I just focused on me.”
She said that when she altered her thought process, she “felt lighter, energetically and emotionally.”
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