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In a world where likes, comments, and curated perfection dominate our screens, Lizzo logged off. But this wasn't just a digital detox. It was the first decisive step toward what would become a full-blown spiritual, physical, and emotional rebirth.
The Grammy-winning artist, known for her radiant confidence and bold self-love, realized that something needed to shift. And it started by handing over her social media accounts to her team and stepping back from the addictive cycle of external validation.
"My validation was from external sources," she says. "People telling me they loved me, or that I looked good, and accepting me. But if that's all I'm getting my validation from, when it changes—and it will—what happens?"
Rebuilding From the Inside Out
Without the constant buzz of social media, Lizzo began to hear herself again. That voice inside, often drowned out by public praise or online noise, was finally clear. And it didn't stop with logging off. She resumed therapy.
"Bro, I need you once a week," she told her therapist, and set out on a whole-body healing journey. Pilates became her gentle movement of choice. She detoxed her gut, cleared heavy metals from her system, and added echinacea to support her immunity. Spiritual practices like qigong meditation and reading "Autobiography of a Yogi" helped ground her further.
Even her downtime evolved. She began hosting ashram-style retreats, sacred hangouts with friends filled with sound baths, massages, yoga, acupuncture, wine, and stretches.
Healing Meant Facing Pain
As transformative as her spiritual practices were, Lizzo also had to face something that couldn't be healed by journaling or intention alone: her back pain. Years of performing in a body she had proudly embraced had taken a toll on her spine.
"I started getting bigger in fifth and sixth grade," she says in her interview for Women's Health. "I was an awkward, kind of nerdy, bigger girl." That pain only escalated with time. Still, she had grown comfortable in her body, confident even. But when that pain started limiting her ability to perform and live freely, she knew something had to give.
So instead of chasing weight loss for the wrong reasons, she set a very Lizzo-style goal: "I wanted to be 'big-girl skinny.' Every big girl knows what I'm talking about. Big-girl skinny is 250 pounds."
Training With Intention, Not Obsession
According to the outlet, Lizzo linked up with fitness expert Marvin Telp (with a boost from her fitspiration-friend Kelly Rowland) and built a weekly routine that worked for her. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are for targeted strength training, including single-leg deadlifts, reverse flies, and step-ups, followed by cardio and sessions in her infrared sauna.
Tuesdays and Thursdays are pure cardio, 45 minutes on the machine of her choice.
Fixing the Fuel
Even her approach to food got a thoughtful upgrade. Though she'd been vegan for years, Lizzo admitted that her version of it wasn't giving her body what it needed. "I wasn't getting the nutrients," she says, noting the bloat and fatigue that came with a diet heavy on bread, soy, and processed substitutes.
Now, her meals are balanced and full of nourishment, featuring protein-packed breakfasts with eggs and chicken sausage, lunches loaded with lean meats and veggies, and early dinners to support her digestion and manage her GERD. "There's a balance," she says. "I think that's what true health is." That means allowing indulgence when she wants it, whether a waffle and tenders or a dreamy coconut cream doughnut.
What Lizzo has done is nothing short of revolutionary in a culture that tells women to shrink themselves, physically, emotionally, and digitally. She's not here to disappear. She's here to shine more clearly, more powerfully, and on her own terms.