Lizzo shuts down weight loss critics on TikTok

Image source: Getty/Dimitrios Kambouris/MTV/Paramount Global Unfortunately, we still live in a world where fat criticism is pervasive. After years of sailing unsolicited comments about your bodyalthough, lizzo is making a point very clear: she has no intention of being skinny. On May 15, Lizzo stitched together a video of TikTok creator @tiffriahgrande, who set off in search of fat fellows who are exercising for their health instead of losing weight. “Heavy on not trying to escape the flab. Heavy. F*cking. On it,” says Lizzo.

Since going vegan in 2020 and changing up her exercise routine, the singer has lost some weight. This has led internet trolls to question whether she is trying to shed the label that she and many of her fans identify with. For Lizzo, who has always spoken out about uplifting bodies of all sizesThese accusations couldn’t be further from the truth. “I think a lot of people see a fat person that way and immediately assume that whatever they’re doing is to be skinny,” she says. “I’m not trying to be skinny. I don’t want to be skinny again.”

For the Grammy winner, exercise isn’t about losing weight. Rather, she says, it’s a means of preparing her body and mind for what often goes unnoticed as a physically demanding race. “I have a very high-performance job,” she tells fans in the video. “For 90 minutes a night, I have to choreograph; I have to sing; I have to dance; I have to rap; I have to play the flute; and I have to excite and promote a crowd in very tight clothes. Sometimes clothes [that] restrict my breathing.”

Lizzo says she loves her job, but also notes that “it takes a lot of physical stamina to do what I do.” Trying to run across the stage, singing note after note from her demanding vocal discography and delivering impeccable choreography without exercising would be like running a marathon without practice. She also enjoys exercise and sees the practice as a way to holistically care for her body and his mind. “I’ve always loved moving my body; I’ve always loved working out,” she says.

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While Lizzo acknowledges that her body size can fluctuate over time, she makes it clear that the only changes she is concerned with are maintaining balanced mental and emotional well-being. “Exercise has helped me change my mind, not my body,” she says, noting that the increase in endorphins has helped boost his self-esteem.

“My body is going to change,” he continues. “Everybody’s bodies change. That’s life. That’s human existence, the human experience.” He adds that physical changes are natural, and accepting that change is inevitable is most crucial. “Everything I eat, everything I do, every time I move my body, it’s all because of this,” she says, pointing to his head. “Because if this is not happy, none of this is happy.”