Jessica Simpson has ‘no idea’ how much she weighs as she threw her scale away.
The 40-year-old singer decided to get rid of the machine in her house and instead she measures things based on how good she feels and how her clothes fit.
‘I threw it out. I have no idea how much I weigh. Like, I just want to feel good and be able to zip my pants up. If I don’t, I have another size. I have every size. I’ve really tried my hardest to not let that define me,’ the designer said on Thursday while on the Today Show as she promoted her personal essays for Amazon.
Bye scale! Jessica Simpson has ‘no idea’ how much she weighs as she threw her scale away, she said while on the Today show on Thursday
Done: ‘Like, I just want to feel good and be able to zip my pants up. If I don’t, I have another size. I have every size,’ she told Hoda Kobt
The Public Affair crooner added she was feeling good about her body but was not on a strict diet.
She laughed as she said, ‘Let me see, I ate a box of Milk Duds for breakfast and a chocolate donut but I will eat healthy for lunch.’
Also on Thursday the star talked to Drew Barrymore as she stated how much she weighed when she was pregnant with third child Birdie, who is now age two.
‘I was much heavier than my husband who played in the NFL, so that pregnancy really did me in. I’m almost 5ft4in, 260 was real heavy for me,’ she noted.
She also has daughter Maxwell, eight, and son Knute, seven, with husband Eric Johnson.
Weighty issue: ‘I’ve really tried my hardest to not let that define me,’ the designer said as she promoted her personal essays for Amazon
Cheat morning: She added she was feeling good about her body but was not on a strict diet. She laughed as she said, ‘Let me see, I ate a box of Milk Duds for breakfast and a chocolate donut but I will eat healthy for lunch’
Drew also asked her about getting rid of her scale.
‘When I would go into the doctor’s office I would just stand on it backwards and say, “Don’t tell me.” I mean even though I had to work really hard to get the weight off, like I did it and I committed,’ she told Barrymore.
‘If you are disciplined it can come off, you can still eat a dang cookie. You know what I mean, like I hate diets.’
Same day, another interview: Also on Thursday the star talked to Drew Barrymore as she stated how much she weighed when she was pregnant with third child Birdie, who is now age two
With child: ‘I was much heavier than my husband who played in the NFL, so that pregnancy really did me in. I’m almost 5ft4in, 260 was real heavy for me,’ she noted. Seen in 2018
She wore it well: When Jessica was pregnant with her third child she wore stylish maternity clothes; seen in 2018 in New York City
The family: She and husband Eric Johnson have daughters Maxwell, eight, and Birdie, two, and son Knute, seven; seen on Easter
Also on Today Simpson said, ‘In life we don’t have it all figured out.’
And she touched on trolls: ‘A lot of the body shaming kept me down, I didn’t feel comfortable in my own body,’ she said. ‘I didn’t know what people were expecting me to look like.’
She said she felt as a child that God wanted her to use her voice. At first she thought that was singing and now she feels God wants her to use her voice to express her viewpoints: ‘I think he wants me to talk about being easy on yourself.’
Her lack of having scale is getting a lot of attention: Drew also asked her about getting rid of her scale
One of her biggest joys is her three kids and their ‘innocence.’ Her oldest Maxwell taches her every day to ‘surrender’ as in enjoy life. At a photo shoot her daughter wanted one of her horses included and she pushed her mom to ride the horse, which the star had a fear of. But Maxwell encouraged her and she conquered her fear of riding.
Jessica previously insisted she is ‘open’ about her imperfections.
She said: ‘I am always open. I’m open about my insecurities and my flaws, and if I can help inspire anybody to feel better about themselves, that’s why I’m here. I’m always out to empower women, empower people to feel better about themselves …’
Keeping it together: ‘When I would go into the doctor’s office I would just stand on it backwards and say, “Don’t tell me.” I mean even though I had to work really hard to get the weight off, like I did it and I committed,’ she told Barrymore
Her secret to staying slim: ‘If you are disciplined it can come off, you can still eat a dang cookie. You know what I mean, like I hate diets,’ she added; seen in 2020
Jessica knows she has ‘flaws’ but she sees that as a very ‘humbling experience’ rather than negatively.
She added: ‘We all have our flaws. We all have made mistakes. Leading with those mistakes and owning those flaws, is a very humbling experience. It puts you out there where you have nothing to hide …
‘There is so much life to live with clarity that is so much more impactful than to hide behind the darkness. I’m really just a normal, everyday girl that goes through the exact same things as everyone else. It’s giving people courage themselves to open up.’
The ups and down: Slender in 2001, left, and criticized for her body in 2009, right. ‘A lot of the body shaming kept me down, I didn’t feel comfortable in my own body,’ she said. ‘I didn’t know what people were expecting me to look like.’
And she is thrilled her book is a bestseller.
‘It’s unbelievable – I can’t even believe it. I seriously have been in complete shock. I don’t even understand. I’m appreciative for sure,’ she said.
‘Honestly, I think people … really just want to know why, when, how. I have really been quiet for the past 10 years … It was time to really understand my entire life. The way people have been reacting to it is exactly how I would want my best friends to read it. It’s very liberating to be open. With my openness comes confidence.’
Happy at last: With her husband of seven years by the beach earlier this month