Lizzo simply figured it was about damn time to start feeling better.
So though part of her platinum-selling, Grammy-and-Emmy-winning Big Grrrl brand was being proud AF of how she looked, sounded and moved through the world exactly as she was, the artist born Melissa Jefferson knew she had to make some adjustments to improve her health, from head to toe.
And even when it’s hard, “I’ve never regretted a workout,” the Women’s Health Summer Issue cover girl told the publication. “After, I always feel better. I work out for mental health first. Exercise is the best mood enhancer.”
As she explained in a May 2023 TikTok, “Once I started working out for mental health, to have balanced mental health or endorphins, so that I don’t look at myself in the mirror and feel ashamed of myself, and feel disgusted with myself, exercise has helped me shift my mind, not my body.”
Still, Lizzo’s shape inevitably shifted as she got into Pilates and strength-training, along with taking regular walks.
