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After announcing she has achieved her “weight release goal,” Lizzo is now dropping the routine that helped her get there.
Lizzo, whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, 37, in a cover story for Women’s Health’s latest issue, opened up about her physical health journey and revealed the routine she followed to “release” 16% of her body fat.
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Lizzo’s meal plans
To achieve her goal, Lizzo detailed in the interview published online July 1 that her meals consist mainly of protein and vegetables.
For breakfast, her go-to option is two scrambled eggs, chicken sausage and a cauliflower hash brown.
For lunch, the Grammy-winning artist switches between shredded Thai chicken salad, lettuce wraps stuffed with tuna and sliced chicken breast.
As for dinner, which she eats at 5 p.m., Lizzo prefers to stick with the same one: a turkey meatloaf with cauliflower mashed potatoes and green beans.
“I have GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), so my body needs time to digest food before I go to sleep, so acid doesn’t roll up to my throat,” Lizzo explained about her early dinner.
GERD, according to Mayo Clinic, is “when stomach acid flows back up into the esophagus and causes heartburn.”
Other symptoms include backwash of food or sour liquid in the throat, upper belly or chest pain and trouble swallowing.
A snack for Lizzo typically is low-sugar Greek yogurt with blueberries or blackberries and a little honey on top and she’s traded multiple Frappuccinos a day for one cup of coffee with vanilla protein.
True health is in balance
However, at the same time, Lizzo says she does give into her cravings, occasionally indulging in a waffle with chicken tenders, crab legs, or a coconut cream–filled doughnut.
“There’s a balance,” she says of her food choices. “I think that’s what true health is.”
Lizzo, in January 2025, had announced she had achieved her “weight release goal,” revealing she had lowered her body mass index (BMI) by 10.5 and lost 16% of her body fat since January 2023.
The artist, in the interview, shared her journey toward health started after she was hit with a series of sexual harassment and weight shaming allegations, which she referred to as “a shocking, really hurtful accusation,” during the summer of 2023. Lizzo has maintained innocence, and the case is ongoing in Los Angeles Superior Court. In December 2024, her name was dropped from a harassment lawsuit, USA TODAY previously reported.
Did Lizzo take Ozempic to lose weight?
Lizzo told the magazine she did not take weight loss drug Ozempic during her journey, though she contemplated weight loss surgery and cosmetic procedures like a tummy tuck. While she chose not to go that route, she doesn’t condemn it.
The rapper had earlier also slammed allegations that she was taking Ozempic.
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