Demi Lovato’s Weight Loss: Photos of Her Transformation and Her Inspiring Quotes About Body Image

2010

"Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to do what makes you happy. That's my life motto."

2011

"Love is louder than the pressure to be perfect."

2012

"It helps to even look in the mirror — and it sound so cheesy — but if you just look in the mirror and say, ‘You are beautiful,’ and ‘You are worthy,’ those things really help you.”

2013

"We all have problem areas. I'm always going to have thick thighs. I can't change that, and obsessing over it will only make me miserable. Learning to be grateful for our bodies and taking care of them are the best ways for us to empower ourselves physically, mentally, and spiritually."

2014

"Be good to your body, and your body will be good to you."

2015

"Regardless of what society tells you these days… You don't have to have a thigh gap to be beautiful. It is possible to love your body the way it is."

2016

"You can't love other people until you love yourself."

2017

"The more confidence you have within yourself, the more you can bring out in others. It's more about the way you feel over the way you look."

2020

After nearly dying following an overdose in 2018, Demi revealed that she realized she was actually still struggling with her eating disorder when she thought she was in recovery.

She spent several months in treatment and came to the realization that she no longer wanted to fit a certain mold that the public expected. “Someone needs to stand up for people who don’t naturally look that way,” she insisted.

2022

Demi posted a mirror selfie in a crop top in 2022 after admitting that she “accidentally lost weight” the previous year.

“I don’t count calories anymore,” she shared. “I don’t over exercise anymore. I don’t restrict or purge. And I especially don’t live my life [according] to the diet culture. And I’ve actually lost weight. This is a different experience. But I feel full. Not of food. But of divine wisdom and cosmic guidance.”

2024

After getting engaged to Jordan “Jutes” Lutes in 2023, Demi truly seemed happier and more fulfilled than ever.

“I want a career that has nothing to do with my body,” she once admitted. “I want it to be about my music and my lyrics and my message.”