In a culture obsessed with control, Lizzo is choosing truth instead.
On a June 19 episode of the Just Trish podcast, the Grammy winner opened up about her relationship to health, food, and the rumors that always seem to follow her body. Yes—she tried Ozempic and similar medications. But she says that’s not what changed her.
“I’ve tried everything,” she said. “Ozempic works because you eat less food. It makes you feel full. But if you can do that on your own—mind over matter—it’s the same.”
For Lizzo, that meant tuning out pressure and focusing on what actually nourished her.
What worked for Lizzo wasn’t the hype—it was getting real
Lizzo shared that at one point, she was eating in a way that didn’t actually make her feel good—even if it looked “healthy” from the outside.
When she shifted to eating more whole foods, she felt more grounded and satisfied.
“I started eating things that made me feel full and supported,” she said—without framing it as a diet, without punishing herself, and without trying to fit a mold.
Instead of tracking numbers or chasing transformation, she centered something more radical: clarity.
“I stopped distracting myself,” she said. “With food, with people, with drinking. I just focused on me.”
No shame, no judgment
Importantly, Lizzo made it clear that everyone’s path looks different. She refused to criticize people who do use medication to support their health.
“Saying Ozempic is cheating is fatphobic,” she said.
And that statement alone matters—because too often, conversations about bodies turn into competitions about who’s doing it “right.”
Lizzo’s message was simple: there is no one right way. There’s just your way.
From body positivity to body honesty
In March 2024, Lizzo told The New York Times that her relationship to her body has shifted from body positivity to something softer and more sustainable: body neutrality.
“I’m not going to lie and say I love my body every day,” she said. “The way you feel about your body changes every single day. Some days I adore my body. Some days I don’t.”
It’s not a transformation story. It’s a human one.
And in a world that still wants women—especially fat, Black women—to apologize for taking up space, Lizzo is choosing something else entirely: A life that doesn’t require permission.
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