00:00Lizzo has just made a surprising admission about her weight,
00:02sharing that she's gained 20 pounds over the past year,
00:05revealing to The Guardian,
00:06I've gained 20 pounds since last year,
00:08so everyone can ask me about weight gain too, if they'd like.
00:11The Grammy winner also took aim at the intense scrutiny women face over their appearance.
00:15If I came out today as a brand new artist with this body,
00:19I would still get the same criticisms I got back in 2019.
00:24Absolutely!
00:25Lizzo described it as a system of oppression
00:27that's determined to make women feel bad about themselves,
00:30adding that it won't stop until people buy every product and buy into every lie.
00:34Looking back on that milestone,
00:36Lizzo explained that she wanted to make a change
00:38because her physical weight had reached a point
00:40where it was causing joint pain and aches across her body.
00:43I released the anxiety I was going through,
00:47I released depression,
00:49and I also released some weight on my body.
00:52Her latest comments come after she made headlines in January 2025
00:55by revealing she'd reached a weight she hadn't seen since 2014.
00:59It took me about a year and a half
01:01to look the way that I look right now.
01:04I love the way that I look right now.
01:06Lizzo got candid about her weight loss journey during a TikTok livestream,
01:09revealing some secrets to how she lost a staggering 16% of her body fat.
01:13I had to start applying a calorie deficit
01:18because I was prone to binging.
01:22According to Cleveland Clinic,
01:23consuming fewer calories than your body burns
01:25is a calorie deficit that can lead to weight loss.
01:28But Lizzo also explained some of the dangers.
01:30I don't want to fall into a habit of counting calories.
01:33I think that that can become really toxic
01:36if we're in like a calorie counting like mode
01:39and everything is like,
01:40okay, 200 calories, 500 calories.
01:42It is a gateway to eating disorders.
01:45The Body Positive star finished her livestream
01:47explaining that being skinny doesn't equal healthy results.
01:50And I think that we all have to be like really careful
01:53about the way we talk about this stuff.
01:55There's a lot of like thinness in our society.
01:59And as someone who has released a significant amount of weight,
02:02I know that it's easy for me to be lumped into that conversation.
02:06Lizzo showed off her weight loss on Instagram
02:09sporting a leopard print bodysuit.
02:10And fans couldn't get over just how good she looks right now.
02:13The singer has been open about her weight loss journey
02:15since the beginning.
02:16The weight continues to fall off Body Positive star Lizzo
02:19as she shared a new post sporting a body-hugging red gown and bangs.
02:23Fans took to the comment section to thank the star
02:25for platforming women with real bodies.
02:27I love that she shows us that bodies like her exist.
02:30I have the same and what?
02:32One said,
02:33Alongside her weight loss journey,
02:35Lizzo continues to advocate for those with body image struggles,
02:37telling her fans to not be so hard on themselves.
02:40I don't care what you ate today.
02:41I don't care if you skipped the gym today.
02:43It did not have the negative impact
02:46that you are convincing yourself it had.
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