Lizzo Reveals ‘There Are a Lot of Reasons’ for Her Weight Loss Journey: ‘This Is Who I Am Today’

Lizzo is getting real about her ongoing wellness and weight loss journey.

“There are a lot of reasons. People always want to make it one single headline, one single thing. A lot of things can be true at once,” Lizzo, 38, told The Guardian in a Saturday, July 11, profile, when asked to explain why she decided to focus on slimming down. “I was in a place where my physical weight was causing joint pain and aches.”

The musician continued, “I also got to the point where I came off the internet, and all I had was the studio and my thoughts, so I poured myself into the things I could control. My body, my lifestyle, my routines and habits … and this is who I am today.”

Lizzo has been steadily losing weight since 2024, frequently denying that using GLP-1s like Ozempic or Wegovy contributed to her progress. (GLP-1s are often prescribed to individuals who struggle with weight-related conditions. Doctors have since cautioned individuals from using the controversial drug for casual weight loss.)

For Lizzo, her weight has since fluctuated.

 “I’ve gained 20 pounds since last year, so everyone can ask me about weight gain, too, if they’d like,” she told The Guardian, further detailing her worries about society’s hyper-fixation on physical appearance. “There’s a system of oppression that is constantly putting pressure on, especially women and especially women in the spotlight. That system is unrelenting and it is determined to make you feel shit about yourself. It won’t stop until you’ve bought every product and you’ve bought into every lie and turned it in on yourself. That system is working at an all-time high right now.”

According to Lizzo, she’s exponentially worried about the effects of such a system as “on the people it’s oppressing.”

“We need to criticize the system and the mediums that are doing this and not the people it’s affecting because those people are human beings having a human experience,” she stated. “We should have grace and love and support for them.”

Lizzo has long preached body positivity and also chronicled her slim-down via social media.

“I’ve been methodical, losing weight very slowly,” the “Truth Hurts” artist previously told The New York Times in an April 2024 interview. ““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.”