{"id":32485,"date":"2021-08-19T09:43:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T23:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=199102"},"modified":"2021-08-19T05:39:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T05:39:20","slug":"beyonce-diet","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/beyonce-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyonc\u00e9 Says She Is Ditching Her Infamously Intense Diets For Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_199104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199104\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-199104\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1307116356.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1439\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-199104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA &#8211; MARCH 14: Beyonc\u00e9 accepts the Best Rap Performance award for &#8216;Savage&#8217; onstage during the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Los Angeles Convention Center on March 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter\/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nobody can deny that <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/victoria-beckham-inspired-beyonce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/a> is one of the hardest-working performers in the music business. From her fantastical stage shows to her surprise albums, the singer is known for putting in 200 percent at pretty much all times. But one area that has drawn discussion recently is Beyonc\u00e9&#8217;s intense dieting, which the star has spoken openly about throughout her career.<\/p>\n<p>From undergoing the Master Cleanse to lose weight for her turn in <em>Dreamgirls <\/em>back in 2006<em>, <\/em>to the extremely regimented food and fitness routine she relied on ahead of her <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/beyonces-coachella-documentary-homecoming-is-coming-to-netflix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Homecoming&#8217; show<\/a> for Coachella in 2018 \u2013 which saw the star cut out bread, carbs, sugar, dairy, meat and alcohol \u2013 Beyonc\u00e9 has tried numerous diets to lose weight over the years.<\/p>\n<p>But now the <em>Drunk In Love<\/em>\u00a0singer has revealed that she is ditching the exhaustive regimens for good. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/COOcd_lLrHk\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Beyonce\u0301 (@beyonce)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The star added that she&#8217;s also taking the time to focus on her mental wellbeing too. &#8220;Mental health is self-care too. I\u2019m learning to break the cycle of poor health and neglect, focusing my energy on my body and taking note of the subtle signs that it gives me. Your body tells you everything you need to know, but I\u2019ve had to learn to listen. It\u2019s a process to change habits and look past the bag of chips and the chaos everywhere!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/celebrity\/latest\/a37318391\/beyonce-wrote-bootylicious-response-criticism-weight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revealed<\/a> that she penned the body-positive anthem <em>Bootylicious\u00a0<\/em>as a response to feeling conscious about her body. &#8220;I remember when I started hearing people criticize me after I had put on some weight. I was 19. None of the sample clothes fit me. I was feeling a bit insecure from hearing some of the comments, and I woke up one day and refused to feel sorry for myself, so I wrote &#8216;Bootylicious,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was the beginning of me using whatever life handed me and turning it into something empowering to other women and men who were struggling with the same thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We love to see it, Bey!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27090,"featured_media":32486,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[30,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Beyonc\u00e9 Says She Is Ditching Her Infamously Intense Diets For Good<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From undergoing the Master Cleanse to lose weight for her turn in Dreamgirls back in 2006, to the extremely regimented food and fitness routine she relied on ahead of her &#039;Homecoming&#039; show, Beyonc\u00e9 has tried numerous diets. 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