Lizzo is pulling back the curtain on her recent weight loss journey, revealing how she’s achieved her results.
The singer, 37, penned an “appreciation post” on Thursday, July 3, to Flávia Lanini, a lymphatic drainage specialist, who she’s been working with in coordination with health and fitness experts to change her physique.
“The photo on the left is my first time getting [a] lymphatic massage from Flavia, and the right is the most recent!” Lizzo captioned a before-and-after comparison photo via Instagram.
While the Grammy winner attributes part of slimdown to Laini’s massages, she told her followers the rest is hard work on her part. (Lymphatic massages stimulate the flow of lymphatic fluid in the body, removing fluid from swollen tissues as well as waste and toxins, according to Cleveland Clinic.)
“In light of all these magazines and blogs wanting me to be on ozempic soooo bad — here’s the truth!” Lizzo declared. “I work my ass off, training 3x a week, daily sauna & cardio, adding animal protein back into my diet, hiring a chef who helps me meal prep and keeps track of what I put into my body in a calorie deficit, cutting out sugary Starbucks & full fat sodas & potato chips.”
She explained, “I quit drinking for the longest … (but I’m drinking again cus I earned it!) … I play pickleball and hike and walk on the beach and move my body and dance and drink water.”
Lizzo noted, “I detox! Once a month! I also get holistic body work done, wood therapy, and lymphatic massage.”
No matter what the public thinks about her health journey, Lizzo concluded, “I’m so happy and proud of what I’ve done and no one can take that away from me. 😇.”
Lizzo has lost a significant amount of weight loss since January 2023, and she’s taken her fans along for the ride.
“I’ve been methodical, losing weight very slowly,” Lizzo told The New York Times in an April 2024 profile. “I don’t really see it because if anyone who’s on a natural weight-loss journey knows, losing weight is actually the slowest thing in the world and you don’t really notice it until you notice it. Also, the scale’s not really moving. But anyway, that doesn’t matter. I’m super proud of my current lifestyle.”
The “About Damn Time” singer added: “I’m not going to lie and say I love my body every day. The bottom line is, the way you feel about your body changes every single day. There are some days I adore my body, and others when I don’t feel completely positive.”
As her journey unfolded, Lizzo was accused of using weight loss drugs like Ozempic, which she denied. “When you finally get Ozempic allegations after 5 months of weight training and calorie deficit,” she clapped back in a cheeky September 2024 Instagram post.
In January, Lizzo revealed that she reached her “weight release goal” after working towards it since January 2023.
“I haven’t seen this number since 2014!” she celebrated via social media, sharing that she dropped both 10.5 on her BMI and 16 percent body fat.
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