Lizzo was candid with fans about the setback in her health journey.
“I received it yesterday and I feel so bad about it,” the “Truth Hurts” singer, 36, wrote in a TikTok video posted on Sept. 30, as she stood stoically in front of the camera.
Dressed in a casual denim skirt and oversized striped shirt, Lizzo continued, “I try to remind myself that my body needed that food.”
“And if my body deserves comfort, then my brain deserves comfort too,” she ended the video. In the comments, she offered support to fans who may also be struggling on their fitness journeys.
“If you’re going through this, you’re not alone ❤️,” wrote the “Special” singer.
TikToker Soulxsigh uploaded a video with audio, where the poet and artist says: “You were good today. Really good. You may not see it. You might think it’s just another day, but it’s not. Every step you took today was a step forward no matter how small.”
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In an earlier video, the Grammy winner shared a video of herself perusing the menu at celeb-favorite Italian restaurant Carbone in New York.
Lizzo in Carbone, New York.
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The intimate confession comes after Lizzo defended allegations that she was taking Ozempic, an FDA-approved diabetes drug that has become a trendy weight-loss tool, especially in celebrity circles.
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“When you finally get the Ozempic charges after 5 months of weight training and a caloric deficit,” she captioned the shot.
Back in May, Lizzo opened up about the motivation behind her fitness journey, stressing in a TikTok clip that she’s “not trying to escape fat” but instead “started working out for my mental health” — in order to keep up with her powerful live performances .
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“I have a very high-performing job,” she explained. “For 90 minutes a night, I have to do choreography, I have to sing, I have to dance, I have to rap and I have to play the flute. And I have to emotionally challenge the audience in very tight clothes, sometimes clothes that restrict my breathing.”
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“It’s fun. I love my job. But it takes a lot of physical stamina to do what I do, and I used to be a rock star and throw myself on stage,” Lizzo continued. “As I became more and more professional in my career, I started to take the physical part more seriously.”
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