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, who’s turning 38 on April 27, knew she had to make some adjustments to improve her health, from head to toe.

“Body positivity has nothing to do with staying the same,” she explained to Women’s Health last summer. “Body positivity is the radical act of daring to exist loudly and proudly in a society that told you you shouldn’t exist.”

And even when it’s hard, Lizzo noted, “I’ve never regretted a workout. 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.”