The 71-year-old R&B legend, who’s struggled with her weight throughout her life,underwent surgery in 2010 for an undisclosed ailment. After being hospitalized, Aretha completely changed her lifestyle and lost 85 lbs. in 2012. Franklin has already dropped three dress sizes by swapping hamburgers for healthy salads and exercising three to four times a week.
Aretha Franklin has revealed her slimming secrets and promises to get a little ‘sassier’ as she loses more weight. The R&B diva opened up about her new trimmer figure in an exclusive interview with JET, a US magazine.
Franklin, who has lost 25lbs since having surgery for an undisclosed illness in December, says: ‘I am going to get a little sassier. ‘Yes, I am going to get a little sassier now.'(Aretha Franklin Lost Over 100 LBs)
The Respect singer also revealed her birthday wish. She turns 69 on March 25 and says she wants to be a US size 16 – a UK size 18 – by that date.(Aretha Franklin’s Diabetic Workout Routine)
Aretha Franklin Weight Loss Before And After
Aretha Franklin Before And After
Aretha Franklin
It is just too good when you get down to the last third of a salad,’ she says. ‘What I call the ‘heart’ of the salad, when all of those seasonings come together.’
Franklin combines her new healthy eating plan with exercise. The Chain of Fools singer says she walks on a treadmill, or a track at health club, for 30 minutes three to four times a week. She works with a personal trainer and is still monitored by her doctors. Franklin says: ‘If I can work in that fourth day, I’ll do it.
Aretha Franklin Lost Weight
Aretha Franklin
Aretha franklin weight loss surgery
Singing sensation Aretha Franklin revealed to DWTS contestant Wendy Williams that she lost an astounding 85 pounds. What prompted her to go from flab to fab? Franklin didn’t cite her mysterious December 2010 health scare; instead, she attributed her success to pictures that made her realize that she was “entirely too fat.” Franklin said that she has been working hard to cut out foods “that will hurt you eventually.”
