Maren Morris Just Revealed Exactly How She Lost 20 Pounds

From Women's Health

• Maren Morris lost 20 pounds before her wedding to singer Ryan Hurd in 2018.

• Maren says she "didn't necessarily want to lose weight," but dropped pounds after getting a trainer.

• Maren also revealed that she and her husband tried Whole30, but didn't see results from it.

When Maren Morris lost 20 pounds a year ago, she did it for "cliché" reasons-but she's glad she initially made that choice.

In a new video for Women's Health, Maren, 29, opens up about her weight loss, what she eats every day, and the fad diet she's tried (but wasn't a fan of).

"It feels really cliché, but before my wedding a little over a year ago, I decided to start using a trainer," she says, referencing her wedding to singer Ryan Hurd in March 2018.

But Maren says she wasn't aiming to lose weight. "I'd always worked out really intermittently and done yoga and hot yoga but had never really used a trainer before, and I really wanted to get toned," she says. "I didn't necessarily want to lose weight, I wanted to feel strong, so I definitely do feel strong now, which is nice."

Maren also opened up on Twitter about her weight loss a few weeks ago. "5 years and 20 lbs ago with Karina in San Francisco," she wrote in the tweet. "Haven’t been back here since this pic was taken at the Golden Gate Bridge and am so excited to play here finally!"

But when someone criticized Maren's choice to lose weight, she shot back, making sure to say she did so in a healthy, sustainable way. "I lost weight because I exercise now and didn’t back then," Maren said, "which is a completely normal and healthy lifestyle change."

And even though Maren says she lost weight mainly through exercise, the country singer's been upfront about trying different diets, like Whole30-even when it hasn't worked out for her. "I've done Whole30 before," she says in her new video for Women's Health. "I really understand it, but I don't think it's for me."

Maren says she felt more changes than she actually saw on the diet. "Ultimately, I felt amazing after the month when I did it with my husband," she says. "I think we felt insane energy from it, but I don't know if I saw physical results," though she says she'd try it again.

Beyond that, Maren's eating strategy is pretty simple-she has the same breakfast every morning while on tour: "I just make three egg whites, a piece of whole wheat toast, and some blueberries-and coffee, always," noting that she likes to eat most of her carbs in the morning to have energy throughout the day.

Maren looks pretty amazing, so yeah, I'll have what she's having.

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