Ree Drummond restarts health journey, 'stopped exercising' after losing 55 pounds
Ree Drummond restarts health journey, 'stopped exercising' after losing 55 pounds
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It's a new frontier for "The Pioneer Woman."
Food Network star Ree Drummond revealed in a blog post published April 30 that, after "a few fluctuations," she is returning to the "original method" that helped kickstart her health journey and led her to lose over 50 pounds.
"The game changer for me is two-fold: First, I'm building muscle again, which is crucial. I do lunges, squats, deadlifts, and floor exercises with ankle weights. Second, I'm eating more protein and keeping it a higher percentage of my calories." Drummond wrote. "This time, I am not weighing my food and counting calories."
After her dramatic weight loss in 2021, Drummond wrote, "Bottom line, starting at the end of 2023 I stopped exercising and kinda stopped paying attention to what I was eating."
The mom and grandmother told fans that despite skipping alcohol for four months during her last lifestyle change, she drinks white wine and tops it off with Topo Chico sparkling water "so it's kind of a wine spritzer type of thing" as a way to indulge.
In February, Drummond said she "decided to jump back the plan I'd found success with in 2021, just not quite as high a gear as the first time."
"The very hardest part was the first week to ten days," she continued. "Today it's not that hard at all, and in fact, it's actually rewarding as I'm feeling better and better all the time."
Drummond left a disclaimer for fans, stressing that her methods for weight loss work for her.
"Long story short, I have found that it all still holds true, and FOR ME, it is working again like clockwork or science or whatever the word is," the Oklahoma native added.
Ree Drummond previously addressed weight loss drug rumors
Last year, Drummond clarified rumors that she was using supplements or weight loss gummies after she noticed a host of false advertisements on Facebook suggesting she was using them.
In March, Drummond announced on the social media platform that she would update her previous blog explaining the dos and don'ts of her journey amid the "celebrity endorsement fraud" she's seen running rampant.
"I did not take Ozempic, Wegovy, or similar medications. I know this has been a big topic in recent years, so I thought I'd add this paragraph," she wrote in an update to her blog.
While writing that she supports "anyone who has success" on weight loss medications, the "boring truth" is that she "had never heard of that class of drugs" when she set out on her weight loss journey.
"And to be honest, if I had heard of them and had seen all the results that are out there, I might have been tempted to try them. But I simply didn't know those drugs existed then, so I dove in using all the methods below," Drummond said.
"I definitely needed to lose weight for my own preference based on where I thought I should be, but it's more about how I feel after a few months of regular exercise, more moving, and more mindful eating," she continued. "Feeling good is really all that matters, and because of that, the weigh-ins are becoming less and less important to me."
Contributing: Naledi Ushe
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