Lizzo‘s feeling “Good as Hell” about herself after reaching her weight loss goals — or “weight release” goals, as she gently calls it. The singer shared some new selfies on Saturday (Jan. 25), showing off her figure and stats on her lowered BMI and body fat percentage.
“I did it,” Lizzo wrote in a post on Instagram, where she’s been uploading fitness-related updates amid posts marketing her size-inclusive shapewear/athleisure brand Yitty. “Today when I stepped on my scale, I reached my weight release goal. I haven’t seen this number since 2014! Let this be a reminder you can do anything you put your mind to. Time for new goals!”
In an Instagram Story, she briefly commented on her weight transformation with a video in which she’d predicted, “I’m not going to be considered thin by any means. I will still be considered morbidly obese on the BMI and little bros on the internet are still gonna call me ‘big-backed.’ But I will be happy.” The clip shifted to current footage of Lizzo, glowing and dancing while confirming, “And I am happy! I did it.”
“Told you I was gonna bump like this,” she sang in the celebratory clip, referencing Kelly Rowland’s 2007 single “Like This” featuring Eve. “Ya’ll didn’t know that I could bump like this.”
In 2024, Lizzo played into jokes she’d been hearing from people who speculated she was using weight-loss drugs as a tool in her health journey. She even dressed up as “LizzOzempic,” a Halloween costume inspired by a South Park episode from May that parodied Lizzo’s well-known body positivity with a new medication: “Ask about the power of not giving a f— — with Lizzo,” the animated show aired in a commercial sketch that claimed, “FDA-approved Lizzo makes you feel good about your weight, and it costs 90% less than Ozempic.” Lizzo showed a sense of humor in reacting to the episode, noting, “I just feel like, damn, I’m really that b—-. I showed the world how to love yourself, and now these men in Colorado know who the f— I am, and put it in their cartoon that’s been around for 25 years.” She promised, “I’m gonna keep on showing you how to not give a f—.”
In October, the singer — whose most recent studio album, 2022’s Special, peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 — also participated in Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit, where she spoke about being in the public eye amid a change in appearance.
“One inevitability we all have to face is that our bodies will change … it’s a beautiful thing,” Lizzo said at the event. “My body is nobody’s business, other than me, my doctor, my trainer and my man.”
See Lizzo’s new selfies below, and check out her celebratory message on Instagram Stories.
