Kelly walked off 60 lbs

We love that Kelly Clarkson has the voice of an angel, yet she's still so relatable. Prime example: her journey to get healthier. The Grammy winner recently revealed she'd been ignoring a prediabetes diagnosis for two years before she saw a fateful video of herself. "I was like, 'Who is that?"" she shared with Whoopi Goldberg on a May 2024 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show. "You see it and you're like, 'Well, she's about to die of a heart attack."" It led Kelly to make very down-to-earth changes and drop about 60 pounds. Now, experts say making similar lifestyle tweaks can potentially help millions of us transform our bodies for the better. Keep reading to find out how.

- ALLISON NEMETZ

Discover The Kelly Clarkson Show star's success secrets-and why experts say they can help the rest of us boost fat burn by up to 900%

The first things most women do to try to get in shape are eating a little better and walking more. Turns out, Kelly really is like us. The number-one strategy she credited with her leaner physique: simply putting one foot in front of the other. The 42-yearold mom, who relocated her show to New York after a messy divorce, began taking her dogs for jaunts in the park, strolling to local shops and restaurants and sauntering through famous museums with daughter River, 10, and son Remy, 8. "Walking in the city is quite the workout," Kelly explained to People magazine. While she didn't reveal exactly how much she walks, a New York Times report found people are so likely to walk rather than drive in the Big Apple, the average person logs over 10,000 steps a day-with many getting more than 19,000 steps daily!

Now, walking alone often isn't enough to move the scale as much as we want it to. For her part, Kelly added other techniques proven to significantly enhance the exercise.

What an Rx boost can do

When Kelly began to get noticeably smaller, rumors circulated that she was on weight-loss drugs. She soon confirmed the rumor was true. "Everyone thinks it's Ozempic-it's not. It's something else," she shared with Whoopi. Kelly added that at first she resisted a prescription: "My doctor chased me for like two years, and I was like, 'No, I'm afraid of it.' What changed her mind? "My blood work got so bad," she said.