Miranda Lambert has been on top of the country music world for over a decade now, and it's
not just her award-winning songs that make everyone sing.
She's also become a beacon of body positivity.
The southern sweetheart exudes a refreshing sense of confidence and isn't afraid to talk
— and sling sassy lyrics — about the truth of being a woman, both within and outside
of the bright lights of show business.
Lambert's been exceptionally honest about the challenges of staying fit and maintaining
self-esteem while playing the fame game, so here's a look back at Miranda Lambert's stunning
transformation.
Bring Me Down
Miranda Lambert's debut album Kerosene was just as hot as the title suggests and shot
the then-22-year-old straight into the big time after its 2005 release.
The platinum-certified record produced four hit songs and earned Lambert opening tour
gigs with some industry favorites, including George Strait and Keith Urban.
She quickly learned that life on the road could take its toll on a diet regimen — especially
when there are so many all-night diners with convenient highway access.
Lambert told People that her turn on the veterans' tour schedules made an impact on her scale
because of her nightly visits to the local Waffle House at each stop.
Makin' Plans
By 2007, Lambert developed a plan for how to stay healthy on the road, after Toby Keith
invited her to tag along for his tour.
She hired a personal trainer who helped her stick to healthier habits, even when it wasn't
exactly convenient, and she kept a consistent routine of running, weight lifting, lunges,
and eating healthy foods.
Lambert told OK Magazine,
"We work out every show day so I'm doing three or four days a week.
I'm really active at home too.
I have a farm so I'm constantly moving."
She also kept a food diary during her travels, which helped her realize how many fried foods
and sweets she'd been so quick to dine on before.
Baggage Claim
By the time Lambert attended her second Grammy Awards as a nominee in 2008, she was already
a household name and critical favorite.
Not only that, but she was dating fellow country superstar Blake Shelton at the time.
Even with her massive public profile, however, the songbird sensation still had trouble finding
a designer who made clothes to fit her for the show.
She told OK!
Magazine,
"A lot of the designer dresses are so small.
They come in size two, which I'm not.
The dress I wore to the Grammys was a size six, sometimes I'm a size eight.
And that's normal, but it's not in the fashion world.
So sometimes it's hard for me."
The House that Built Me
To promote her third album, Revolution, which dropped in the fall of 2009, Lambert continued
to spend plenty of time performing out on the road.
When she was at home, though, she kept active by riding horses.
She said that the process of spending her downtime in the saddle helped to inspire her
to write more music in addition to being a good leisure activity.
White Liar
In May 2011, Miranda Lambert got married to her long-time beau Blake Shelton and the following
month, she opened up to Self Magazine about the pressure she still faced to be thin, adding
that she could always count on her husband to lift her spirits.
As she recalled in the interview:
"I asked Blake, 'Dude, why didn't you tell me I got fat?'
He said, 'That would go over like a lead balloon.
It's not my job to tell you you're fat.
It's my job to tell you you're beautiful.'"
Lambert added that staying active has helped her be a better performer on stage thanks
to the extra lung capacity, but she isn't out to be the picture of perfection.
She told the mag:
"I won't give up what I enjoy to look perfect.
I want to find a happy medium between feeling good about my body and still having a beer
and some barbecue."
Fastest Girl in Town
In 2013, Lambert made headlines again when she attended the annual CMA Awards looking
slimmer than ever.
The singer explained her trim appearance by telling People Magazine that she celebrated
her 30th birthday by working with her trainer for four months to drop a full dress size
by pumping up her cardio routine and circuit training while employing a little more portion
control during meal times.
She told the mag, "I haven't given up everything — I just try to cut everything in half."
New Strings
In 2014, Lambert grappled with rampant divorce rumors but she managed to keep most of the
media's attention focused squarely on her amazing physique.
She told Women's Health that there was no real secret to her weight loss and that she
just kept her diet consistent with simple healthy foods.
She added that while she hates running, she pushed through the pain by listening to some
of Britney Spears' exercise-friendly anthems.
She said: "If I put on Britney, I can picture Britney's body, and I'm like, 'Oh!
Faster!'"
"You better work bitch."
Pink Pistol
Once her split from Blake Shelton was official, Lambert admitted to having some lonely nights
next to a bottle of whiskey, but she's mostly kept her chin up about the publicized break-up
and even turned her attention to making sports gear at her Texas Boutique.
Mama might have had a broken heart and sung about some new vices, but she's not letting
her heartbreak interfere with her self care regimen.
Given the amount of attention that's been paid to her bod over the years, perhaps it's
no coincidence that her newest album is called The Weight of These Wings...
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