“I was [at] my heaviest I’ve ever been,” Meghan Trainor said portion talking astir her weight-loss travel with ET Canada’s Keisha Chanté. Meghan, 28, said she was “like implicit 200 pounds” erstwhile she gave birth to her and Daryl Sabara’s son, Riley, successful 2021. The gestation value summation wreaked havoc connected her intelligence state, and she knew she had to marque a alteration — resulting successful a value nonaccomplishment of 60 Lbs. and a regaining of her confidence.
“I conscionable wasn’t feeling great. I’ve ne'er had stitches, truthful to person this C-section scar spell crossed the agelong marks, I was successful a truly acheronian place, and I wanted to beryllium successful a large spot for my son. So, I worked each time and challenged myself,” the “Made You Look” vocalist (and Candy Crush Saga alum) said. “I was like, ‘If I tin past a C-section, I tin bash anything!’ And I did. I was precise dedicated, and I started seeing the pounds travel disconnected similar 1 week astatine a clip 1 pound. I learned that I bash similar steadfast food, and I learned what portions mean. And I learned my encephalon is truthful blessed erstwhile I exercise, truthful I’m conscionable [feeling] amended than ever.”
Ahead of releasing her caller album, Takin’ It Back, Meghan spoke with Rolling Stone about the interaction her assemblage had connected her assurance and intelligence health. “I was ever subconscious astir my body. And it was truly hard for maine to emotion my body. Obviously. I constitute astir it a lot. But aft having a C-section and a baby, I got caller agelong marks, and past a C-section scar crosses them. Not lone americium I like, “What assemblage is this?” I’ve ne'er had a scar truthful seeing each these caller marks connected maine similar literally, I had PTSD aft having a C-section due to the fact that you person to beryllium awake.”
“I had to larn however to emotion my assemblage with each this caller sh-t connected apical of it. And it was frightening and terrible,” said Meghan, who said she “didn’t consciousness sexy ever,” which impacted her and Daryl’s enactment life. Her therapist advised Meghan to “look astatine yourself bare for 5 minutes” to assistance her emotion her body. The enactment she did connected her assemblage was translated into her caller song, “Made You Look.”
“I wrote the opus astir the information that, yes, I could deterioration each the fancy apparel ever, and I tin beryllium dressed up with my stylist and my constitution artist. But I tin inactive beryllium blistery with thing on,” she said. “I tin inactive look bully naked. So that was that song. That’s a peculiar one.”