{"id":15084190,"date":"2026-03-24T21:18:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T01:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/jo-dee-messina-didnt-recognize-herself-before-weight-loss-transformation\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:06:17","slug":"jo-dee-messina-didnt-recognize-herself-before-weight-loss-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/jo-dee-messina-didnt-recognize-herself-before-weight-loss-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Jo Dee Messina \u2018Didn't Recognize\u2019 Herself Before Weight Loss Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jo Dee Messina<\/strong> is opening up about her weight loss journey.<\/p>\n

“I started to see pictures of myself and I didn’t recognize myself,” the singer, 55, said while chatting with Evan Paul<\/strong> on the Thursday, March 13, episode of the “Taste of Country” podcast<\/a>.“I wouldn’t let people take pictures. I was like, ‘Stop taking pictures of me. I don’t even know who that is. It’s so gross.’”<\/p>\n

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Messina then explained that she decided to “do something about it” and start changing her habits.<\/p>\n

“It’s been two years,” Messina shared. “This isn’t like, ‘Hey, let’s pop a pill and be skinny<\/a> in a month.’ This is like, ‘Keep going, keep going, keep going.’”<\/p>\n

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She then pulled off her denim jacket to reveal her toned triceps<\/a> that she worked out earlier that day.<\/p>\n

“I’m like, ‘It’s a perfect day to wear [a] sleeveless [top] because it doesn’t always look this pumped,” she added.<\/p>\n

Messina then shared that she had a “goal” going into her weight loss journey.<\/p>\n

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“It’s been a process. I used to be really shredded and so now I’m gonna start running,” she noted. “I was really lean too. That’s kind of my goal.”<\/p>\n

Messina joked that a fan told her that she wants a combination of her arms and Carrie Underwood<\/strong>’s legs. “I love Carrie Underwood’s legs, but she likes leg day,” Messina quipped. “That’s the problem! We couldn’t get along.”<\/p>\n

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The singer said<\/a> that one reason she wants to pick up running is that her upcoming songs are “hard” to sing while dancing on stage.<\/p>\n

Messina is planning to release her new album, Bridges<\/em>, this upcoming summer. This is their first album in over a decade.<\/p>\n

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