Lizzo says vegan eating led to a 50-pound weight gain for her because her diet included “a lot of fake meat” and “a lot of french fries.”
The “B*tch” singer discussed the change during a recent interview on Big Boy’s Neighborhood, where she talked about her weight-loss journey and why she stopped following a fully plant-based diet after nearly three years.
“I was starting to have physical aches and pains that I could only attribute to having extra weight on me,” Lizzo told Big Boy. “I had gone vegan, and I had gained 50 pounds being vegan, ‘cause I was consuming a lot of fake meat. I was consuming a lot of french fries.”
The Grammy winner said she did not immediately realize how much weight she had gained.
“It wasn’t working for me. And I looked up, and I gained 50 pounds. I didn’t really realize it,” she said.
Lizzo explained that she was still able to rehearse, work out and maintain “so much stamina and energy,” but she began feeling pain in her lower back and knees. Although doctors told her she was “healthy,” she said she eventually recognized that her body needed something different.
Lizzo has been open about calling her weight loss a “weight release” and has said she briefly used Ozempic.
This week, she made headlines after her new project failed to make the Billboard 200, selling less than 3,000 since it’s release date on June 5.