R&B singer Ciara made a startling revelation in her cover story for the September 2015 issue of Shape magazine. The 29-year-old mother-of-one claims she lost an incredible 60 pounds in just 4 months!
Ciara claimed she achieved her dramatic weight loss by exercising while subsisting on a “strict” diet of “french fries, a cheeseburger and some pizza. And Oreos and vanilla ice cream.”
“After [Future Zahir] was born — when I couldn’t exercise yet — I kept eating, and I gained 60 pounds,” she said, adding that she sought the help of celebrity personal trainer Gunnar Peterson.
“Five days a week, Gunnar puts me through an hour-long plyometric cardio circuit that always includes boxing elements,” she said. “What’s amazing is that you’re getting three-in-one training; it’s hitting your muscles, it’s a cardiovascular workout, and it’s a mental exercise. You have to be super focused when you’re boxing. After I’ve done a few rounds, I feel as if I can conquer the world.”
More from Sandrarose.com:
Yawn…..
60 pounds ?
She gained all that weight after that baby was born cause she was depressed about Future leaving her ass. We see you Ciara. Stop lying.
AFTER the baby?
I need to see some pics because I don’t recall her being 60 lbs heavier post baby. I would think that would make her a nice thick shape. #shrug
Ugh
It’s not unheard of. She was in shape before getting pregnant, and if she breastfed, I imagine the weight just fell off.
her metabolism is probably very high – I never saw her mom but I bet she’s slim too… its not cool when celebs come out saying chit like this cause it makes “normal” women think they’re fat slobs because they haven’t lost their baby weight… honestly she can put the 60 lbs back on cause she look too dang sinewy like Madonna….
THIS.
I DO recall when she was out after the baby was born with her fine azz daddy.?
I think maybe I ain’t pay Ciara not a bit of mind…because. ..again…I was looking at her fine azz daddy.?
I gained 15 during…20 AFTERWARDS…you keep eating bc you are use to eating…but I lost 20 in a month so 60 in 4 is great….
When celebs make these exclamations they forget the weight of the baby and after birth are gone before you leave the hospital. So, you didn’t have to lose 60 pounds once you got home from the hospital.
I call BS and I don’t mean BullSweet either. 60lbs chile please.
I just said below 60 lbs would look nice on her
I mean I ain’t going to call her a lie.. It’s easy for celebrities to be in the gym for hours and ish when they don’t have a regular 9-5 to clock in too…Got a nanny to feed and change baby and a chef and dietician. That’s why I don’t be bothered. My weight came off at the expectations of my own…
Exactly!
I remember that pic. We was all looking at her daddy. ?
Well with her build..it wouldn’t look bad on her; she probably wasn’t accustom to it.
I need all those folks to assist me with my fit life but all I can afford is a fitbit.
I think the 60 pounds she lost was Future- He’s on drugs so they don’t usually weigh that much.
Good for her. Tall bish. I eat like that and I’m looking like Spongebob’s brown sister ?
All of this. ??
You are trash for that
It was her lacefronts.
The cover is nice…that’s all I got
Well she left future but I see what you are saying
30lbs would have been more believable.
I can see this, but not the way she is saying. If she lost that much weight, bet money it was stress. From what you might ask? A man. Her son’s daddy. And I can say that because when I was going through drama after I had my son…by the time he was 4 months, I was in a size 0. After I got home from having him, I was 160. Size 6. So I believe she lost that weight, but she is not gonna say she was stressing over a man. Especially, that man.
I’m trying to lose this weight I picked up from the fall and winter and grad school. Eating muffins and drinking large hot chocolates and lattes as comfort will give you rolls!!
But on a no-meat diet, it’s coming off albeit slowly.
I remember when Beyoncé did an interview and she said she was on treadmill for 4 hours….Bih I barely have an hour a day let alone 4 for the treadmill. So I didn’t pattern my bounce back to theirs..
4 hours?!?! bish what
Right! I’m happy my job has a fitness center so I don’t have to pay for a membership…
We was like the twins on ATL.
“Chile is your mama Ms Jackie still with your daddy?”?
“Ciara got a strong looking daddy”.?
We so fast on here sometime
Its too much pressure. That’s why I say fukk that shyt and do me. I’ve lost about 25 pounds, but it wasn’t because I was stressed about how I looked. Folks put too many expectations on themselves. Ciara is a natural dancer, her body isn’t designed to be fat anyway. This article is stupid. Why not talk about something with more substance. Smh
You’re wrong for that….. although that’s a lot of hair…..#lol
Future left her ass in that delivery room. Wasn’t he touring while she gave birth? That relationship was dead while she was posing for bridal magazines. iMO Future left her.
Agree! Given those circumstances (new baby, public humiliation by fiancé/baby father), she was either going to lose a lot of weight or gain a lot of weight. At least, she’s landed on her feet and gotten on with her life.
It is very possible- Military boot camp is 9 weeks and you leave looking great. So, it is possible- although I did read somewhere that Beverly Johnson lived off of coke and broth to stay thin and while Ciara hasn’t had a hit record, she does look a little struggle around the nose area. I find it difficult to believe that as many 2 month rapper relationship she’s had that she isn’t on coke, lean, weed and student loan debt as her exes. She better not put a kit in her son hair to make him look like Russell tho.
I pay for a membership I barely use. Just donating money to the gym. I’m going to put my membership on hold though. My gym is cheap scared to cancel it.
My cardio is usually running outside unless the weather is horrible.
Right!!! That stress can make you go either way (weight wise)
I’d pass out after 30 minutes…. 4 hours my ass.
I pay a membership so I can get it reimbursed in Dec. ?
My fat tail went in the other direction. Smh lucky winch.
It’s so dang boring though. Even with the tv. An our is my max and I’m probably watching Netflix
LMAO.
Maybe if we add everybody on the blogs daily exercise times we can get 4 hours. Mine for today is 0 mins probably more like -15 mins
Mines too… Lol
Lol.
O wow 60 pounds,I think she implied her diet wasn’t restrictive not that alone?
Chit be like a savings plan
I thought that too but he is hella bothered by her..you don’t get bothered over someone who you left.
ALL OF THIS RIGHT HERE. That fool is HURT. Thought she was gonna chase him. Nope. Sorry Sir. She heard everyone saying DO BETTER. SO she did. ANd Thank God. IMO Future aint SHYT!!!!! If yall not together then ok. But how you don’t show up to your own son’s birth? Where the fluck they do that at? That’s why when he was talking all that shyt about “our people don’t just have kids in front of other men” bs, I was like I nig nog GOOD BYE with that shyt, like you so into family. You did not even go to the damn birth!!! Was not there on day 1 till whenever you got around to seeing him. FOH
Right in time for the holidays. I can dig it. Sounds good to me.
I think I should put mine as charity on my taxes
I said this while considering going to get some ribs so apparently I don’t currently care.
Could be true … I actually lost 40 pounds in 1 week no lie ….. water weight came right off … with the help of blood pressure medication and a water pill…. but I don’t care about this thirst bucket
I do a lot of walking. I take my kids to camp and daycare on the bus.Which involves walking 10-15 blocks. I walk to the train to get to work… I was a stay at home mother for 6 years. I’d gotten fat, but I wasnt slicing my wrist over it. I think finding a job and getting out of the house help me lose the weight. Mentally I felt better, which in return led me to start shedding weight.
60 lbs?! WHERE? She won’t but 61 lbs to begin with. And 60 of THAT was weave.
YUMMMMMM. Listen that was 8 years ago. I am not currently a size 0. lol
LOL I just said that. LOL
She was sure dressing like she had put on 60 pounds after she had that baby. Long azz black moo moos
Stress/worry will help you lose weight. Between calling Future back to back to back, with no answer and laying up crying but not eating, I bet she did lose weight.
He’s mad she upgraded with something much better than him. I don’t think he cares about Ciara. Its his ego. He don’t have the fame Russell has. It kills him that his son is getting more press than he is.
Oh she said she gained after pregnancy never mind
Tell me more about these water pills please. I need to tone up and lose some weight. My momma told me I am putting on “im good in my relationship” pounds lmao
I try to walk at least 5 to 10 miles a week. I also try to run about 5 to 10 miles. I’ve been off my game due to stress and laziness hopefully I can get my life together soon.
Eh ?
giggles
Lol the water pills are given due to fluid retention … which caused my blood pressure to be sky high (preclampsia) in order to get my pressure back to normal… I had to take a water pill to reduce fluid retention…. the majority of my weight gain from pregnancy was from water (fluid weight). Sorry they don’t just hand out water pills lol…
She does have a lot of hair…but then again… I can’t be mad. At least she is not out here like some people with weave and its super thin.
I believe it. I was back in my prepregnancy clothes a month later. I wasn’t tight yet but it literally fell off even before I could workout. And she always had a slender fit frame. Everyone’s body and metabolism is different
I believe it for a while on instagram she would only do strategic position pictures. I think she finally posted one of her “fat” pictures a couple months back she wore the weight pretty well but she had on a long flowing dress, she was big when she was pregnant I’ll never forget that pic of her and Drew Barrymore standing like 3 feet apart but their bellies were touching. But I think all the stuff she was going through she probably ate her feelings throughout pregnancy and after till she noticed she had NOTHING to wear all them size 0-4 clothes from her designer friends wasn’t fitting.
And stressing over a womanizer always helps with losing weight
I have thick natural hair. You think that I should get it weighed? Perhaps it attributes to 20lbs of my weight.
I don’t have the dedication or motivation for a gym. I work out sparingly at home though. I don’t watch the scale. I watch how my clothes fit and how I feel. I do want to join a gym though. I just need a buddy to help hold me accountable. I even tried to be like “imma stunt and show my exes what they’re missing.” Then I realized I couldn’t care less what they thought. Cancer attitude lol ?.
Good for you Cici. ?
That preeclampsia sounds so bad. I had no idea it messed with your blood pressure. smh. And as far as the water pills…I just need to find a Zumba class or something…I was really wondering if they worked. I’m glad everything is normal now.
Either that or make ya gain that’s for sure
That’ll take it right off ?
Hey stranger ?
All that and she didn’t beat Future’s ass for cheating?
hey ya’ll I thought I had lost weight, turned out my sweatpants had come untied. ?
??
I thought about doing that.. stunting on my ex but then he admited that he always and still wants me so I was like fluck it.
*in the mirror – fluck the gym you got this*
Her mom seems average sized
I think she should’ve kept some of the weight on….it might’ve helped her record sales.
For what? Look at her now (in my Chris Brown voice) living happy and being happy is the best revenge. (I would of wanted to knock his teeth out though) Besides, these jigs will call the cops. Get her locked up and talk about her.
Ummm, don’t you weigh like -27 pounds soaking wet?
I can
I can believe it.
Yeah it’s bad … I still didn’t realize just how serious it was until I had Lil J…. I had so much fluid in me it was actually in my daughter lungs …. she was in a incubator meanwhile …. I was restricted to my hospital bed for 3 days because my pressure would never go down … that serious …. apparently the slightest thing could have instantly gave me a stroke … little j was healthy as button once her breathing regulated …. them folks was more concerned about me stroking out …. it was serious …
LOL!!!????
Yeah my exes told me the same. So then I was like “get right for the next” but that turned into “take me as I am” *mary j. voice* LOL
Hey bew … how you
Bwahahahaha! Not the curl kit. I could see her simple behind juicing that precious baby. Hopefully she can still find the original Jheri Curl on the shelf that had your curls bouncing with life not the knock-off.
1st pic is the infamous couch from Coming to America for my old heads.
I’m starting to like her, I see a talk show in her future. Maybe her and Kelly Rowland should have some meetings they could do well in that area.
:hugs: Thank God for your recovery. That mess is scary man.
Yep, when I signed up for the gym they told me to come wearing loose fitting clothes. I was all like bytch that’s the whole problem I don’t have any!. ?
<3 <3 <3 Thank God !!!! A speedy one at that
I’m good. Can’t complain, well I can but I won’t lol. How you?
Heck 30lbs of it was baby and water..
*COMES IN THE BLOG WITH DOLPHIN EARRANGS ON*
*sanging*
THE BOYZ IN DA HOOD
R ALWAYZ HARD
START TALKING DAT CHIT
WE’LL PULL YA CARD
WANT NOTHIN’ IN LIFE
BUT TO BE LEGIT
DON’T QUOTE ME BOY
CAUSE I AIN’T SED CHIT!!!!!!
I was lower than my pre-pregnancy weight when I went for my six week checkup. Then again, I didn’t gain very much weight to begin with.
Fine chile for some reason I can’t post pics or gifs till I get home … shyt sucks
she’s bad
I couldn’t imagine going through my bullseye in the public eye.
Is she counting the baby in those 60 pounds?…
Naw. Nothing would have helped those sales. Platinum dust
Good question, because he was a chunky one
It’s embarrassing enough when your whole hood knows. ?
Sad but true. I liked “Body Party” though…not enough to buy the cd….
Baby tickety toc, a song about weave and album named after mommy just wasn’t enough.
She done already gave y’all what she could and y’all want more. O, you say she never REALLY gave y’all anything, carryon!
KEY-KEY!!!! hey dere gurl…these other rude heifers up in here…TUH!!!!
I gained 100 pounds …. went from 117 to 227 …. I was fawking miserable ….. I never got back down to 117….. lowest weight since having a child 143 …. shid I can kiss those 117 days goodbye I guess
Triple paper clip! ?
That’s what I think also. He don’t care abt CIci, his ego is hurt.
*waves*
She was probably dating Russell when she made I Bet. She knew that song would make Future feel some kind of way. She came out the winner, I will give her that. She dodged a serious bullet. She should thank God everyday that Future didn’t want to get married. She blessed.
hey Zeta!
hahahah. Hey girl. What’s up?
Hey my Summer’sEve LOL!!!
I bet you start loving me…that didn’t move you lol.
Yes!! Summertime and broad got on an over sized 3 piece wool suit. Literally swallowed up in her pain.
Go Zeta go Zeta GOOO? hey nii
The thing is Future seems to believe that he is some prize to be won. However, he is not. I wish he would just goo aaaaawwwaaayyyyyy
When you are tall you can …. went from 3 to a size 12 (max size) I gained 100 pounds … but when you tall your weight looks different on ya…. 155 now and in a size 5 now …. so height can play a big role … I’m 5’9 and I think she is 5’10 or suntin
Hey hun
HEY KIC!!!!! I have missed you!!!!!….drying my tears with my “goodt church handkerchief w/the real pearls…rofl
Others are having the same problem. I believe Sandra said why earlier.
Hey ZETA!! Pass the dutchie to thee left hand side!
Hey Sweetie pie
Don’t listen to Zeta ?
SlantedBUTNOTCrossedEyez!!!!! hey my BabyLove!!!!
YES!!! It started happening to me last week. Week before last. I was so pissed; especially because I seemed to be the only one having the problem. Now I feel slight satisfaction that it’s not just me.
Good luck booking that stadium ? Rih ain’t chit
My job has a fitness center, hosts bootcamp twice a week, yoga twice a week, AND gives us $100 per month for gym memberships, and I STILL don’t workout. *crunches on chip* Whaaaaa? It’s baked.
I HATE everything about that song. I was so confused that people actually asked her to go on stage and perform it. Baffling.
Mannnn, my bish Rih is the QUEEN of Shade. Love her!!
New post
VVVVVDDDOOOTTT!!!! girl I miss that
emote…How r u lub bug???? chile I am high too…I came in at 10am…and will be here too 8pm…I am eating some Popeye’s chicken on my chaise lounge in my office….brushes chicken crumbs from around my mouff”
I dropped 73 lbs in 3.5 months, with that being said she did not lose 60 lbs of fat in 4 months.
Sorry to hear that but I need those pills. My baby turned 1 a couple days ago. It’s been so hard to lose this weight. I had a C -section so my tummy Def needs work. It’s really been a struggle, am so unhappy with my body.
BUTTER!!!!! #VIRGOSONDECK!!!!
Good golly miss molly! I initially lost weight when I got pregnant. I guess Lil Butter was eating all of my food, because I didn’t have any morning sickness. I may have gained a total of 20 pounds.
Thanks for the research. She looks great.
Pass me a chicken breast. And biscuit. And strawberry jelly And a strawberry pop. And let me get a bite of ’em red beans and rice
I remember seeing pictures of her and being like it’s june/july and her wearing oversized blazers and ankle length dresses I knew then her and Future must’ve broken up and she was hitting the fridge hard because Ciara showed skin throughout her pregnancy then after she covered up like an Eskimo when she should’ve been getting smaller…I knew something was fishy.
If I could give any new mother one single piece of advice on getting her body back, it would be to wrap her tummy as soon after birth as possible. I thought Mama Butter was crazy “binding” my stomach right after I gave birth. My stomach was back flat in 2 weeks.
gurl…and I got some “skrimps” and my chit was fresh out the grease…they know me up in there..I got some Cajun fries…when I tell u I got my door closed and shoes off…reading comments and going in on this chicken….ROFL!!!
Yea..Futures ego is #crushed,
Awwww ….. cardio will be the only thing I recommend … (I recommend walking) also try not to eat after 8 and that includes snacks ….. also drink plenty of water…. cut down on sodas …. that has a lot of sugar in it ya know …… hang in there … the hardest part is to get started …. try walking for 20 minutes …. around the neighborhood (moderately) eventually boost your time up each week by 3 mins …. eventually you will get use to working out (walking) … don’t give up love…. walking has always got my weight off
Hey boo, hey!!!! What do you have planned for your birthday?
Why Russ, why are you helping this fame whore to keep capitalizing on the attention she seeks…I just want her to go away
Chile lil J was 7 pounds 6 oz you would have thought I would have at least had a 10 pound baby ….. nerp lol
Not just you …. not sure what’s up smh
Hey boo!!! I’ve missed you as well. I’ve been doing what they pay me to do later… Damn!!! lol
Thanks for the advice, I will Def try that. Working out is so hard bc my son is spoiled to death. But I Def could walk around the yard.
Lmao!!! I do what I can.. Saying that while I eat a turtle..
Russ, just break up already so I can stop hearing bout this fame whore already
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5e8c936adc2c6572374a3b7cc8b56fb03f66df6b8716fcb543e25fa15d748f39.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/17cf673a235cd8bc413098c57b82b1aa2129673aa04584f856bfced134e51a7b.png
I was all like bytch that’s the whole problem I don’t have any!. ?
^^^^^^^
THIS! ? REAL TEARS
Do like me fast, lol then you eat all you want after 6p
CO-SIGN
Everyone deserves love…
My friend has 4 , & her stomach is flat. She says she wrappend herself up too. I was just being laxy, now am paying the price. When I gave birth I weighed in 200, usually am abt 130. I breastfeeding fed for abt 3 months & stopped when I returned to work. While I was breastfeeding the weight was just falling off, I guess once I stopped I picked back up my bad habits.
Girl, I would be clotheslining people left and right. I get straight HANGRY. Even Lil Butter will bring me some almonds or some yogurt if I cop an attitude.
Excuse me fans but C-Error bores me. Always has. She’s a non-factor to me. Next.
Pecan? Maaaan listen. Russell Stover was HQ about 10 miles from my place in the Midwest. I kept at least 2 boxes of those in my fridge.
Hey my Virgo Sister! What do you have planned for your bday?
Runs to you and jumps in your arms . *whispers* don’t drop me, my weight is on an incline.
Now that’s a good start … and if ya have a stroller…. stroll around the neighborhood
Well you can drink anything that’s considered to be liquid and just no food from 6a to 6p
No, we don’t need anymore “no longer marketable” female rapper talk shows. First Queen Latifah had her show, then Da Brat had the “Da Kickback with Diane Sawyer”, and then Lil Mo Had her thang with “Just Hanging About with Mo!”. Please no more
Definitely wasn’t one I thought would have been the result of a broken engagement, single mammy, got cheated on with a stylist/babymama #38631/OTHERS status. She #failed
You don’t need anymore, those two are not female rappers and they clearly have an appeal as personalities in a totally different world than the hood rat ones most are used to!
He thought he could still hit like the rest of his dumbass baby mamas no ciara swerved on his ass now he feel some type of way ( in my rich homie quan voice) bye future?
yes maam. The DeMet’s brand….They are my addiction.
Two more things she has to lose is that thing on her head and her horrible singing voice
Rapper or not, if people need advice and a talk show from Ciara…lol. give me Angela Bassett or Condoleezza Rice. Substance!
ice t and coco has a talk show. let that sink in
Could be a factor.
So lets discuss her hair, is that a lace front? extensions? clip ins? ive been wondering cause she been wearing this horrible thing every where
Everybody and they mama got a tv show. Heck Tyga about to get a tv show smh. Although I might see that one. I bet there is about to be some bad ass shim shams on that show. Tuck on point and errithang
Ciara gained a lot of weight when she was pregnant and it took her awhile to lose it. She didn’t snap back overnight. That trainer is the same trainer a lot of her friends use, Lala being one of them. She likely starved herself to get back to her goal weight. I don’t believe that excerpt.
Future left her cause she is thirsty for a man, why is it that Ciara and all the heartbreak she has doesn’t get a man and just keep it private. She will meet a man today and be on the red carpet with him tomorrow, like learn to love yourself before jumping from MAN TO MAN
Awwww
Co-freaking-sign
It’s a wig you can see the lace closure real close if you zoom in, not on this pic but maybe other ones with the wig
I don’t understand why CiCi doesn’t get more love. She seems to be a really nice person. Aren’t most celebs image and fame obssessed? #teamrussci
I don’t even think she gained all of 35 lbs carrying Future but ok maybe Im slow lol
It can be done. It is 15 pounds a month. The average person can lose 10, so imagine if you put in that work and watched what you ate aka going on some ole vegan isht. I doubt she starved herself if she is/was breastfeeding. She is also tall. I am 5’7″, weigh 200 pounds, and I am a size 12, but I was a size 6 when I weighed 150 pounds.
I’m team Ciara….Go Ci Ci!!!
Only because I exercise religiously and watch what I eat. I can only indulge here and there. When we were in London I went crazy eating and had to up my cardio just so I didn’t come back 10lbs heavier. I was in the gym with an attitude like “This can’t be life. Who the hell wants to work out on vacation? Stupid parents and their fat people genes.”
She does have about 30lbs of hair on her head at all times.
Exactly, I’ve been there too.
Everyday! I would be thanking God every time Russell calls or Future. Whew!
Please don’t speak that into existence, have you seen her interviews, that would be a super snooze fest of a talk show.
i believe her. good genes,muscle memory, top chefs & trainers. she looks great ?
It took me almost a year to lose 60 lbs. Now the hard part is maintaining it. SMH
When you have money, and personal trainers, its possible. She said strict diet, so she allowed herself to eat those other things at some point. People like to twist people’s words around for a story. SMH!
daddy is slim could be from his side… or she could just naturally have a high metabolism – I do I could eat 10 pies a tub of ice cream and 12 burritos and not gain 1 lb which sux cause as soon as you get sick you look like a crack head
I like Ciara I really do, but she has always came across as an attention seeking whore. She got lost trying to figure out who she was as an artist, appearing on reality shows, talking fake, and doing what she has been doing for years calling the paparazzi to take pictures of her while she was out and about (but she always looked directly in the camera waving) finally its paying off shes getting covers, hosting shows,and landed a baller if she’s not careful about still calling the paparazzi to take random so called candid pictures of them, she might lose the new guy. Dang I sound just like Sandra from back in the day. Her Ciara tea used to be epic, lol.
She looks better than she ever has though!!!!!!!!!
She stay doing the most. Girl bye! Sometimes less is more. Celebs don’t have to devulge every single detail regarding their beauty regimen
Then knock future out
I just wish she we’d lose the lace front wigs. They look horrible. That damn hair is too long. She’s so pretty and that hair just drags her face down.
I believe her. Not have sex will make you wanna fight somebody lol
It’s Shape magazine. Everything she said was necessary, especially since she’s featured on the cover.
My sentiments EXACTLY!! I feel that her extra long hair does nothing for her! It’s so unnecessary.
he’s bothered because another man is doing what he’s supposed to do with his son….
Why everyone keep.saying that lmaoooo l. News to me
I need Gunnar Peterson in my life….