Ree Drummond Weight Loss Photos: Then, Now Pictures

Since she first launched her career on Food Network in 2011, Ree Drummond has undergone a weight loss transformation. The Pioneer Woman star has opened up about her health journey as well as some of her fitness tips and tricks over the years.

In June 2021, Ree revealed that she lost 43 pounds by changing her eating habits and exercise routine.

“I definitely needed to lose weight for my own preference based on where I thought I should be, but it’s more about how I feel after a few months of regular exercise, more moving and more mindful eating,” the chef wrote in a blog post. “Feeling good is really all that matters, and because of that, the weigh ins are becoming less and less important to me. I’ll keep weighing in every day to have all the information I need going forward, but the number isn’t what I’m paying attention to now.”

November 2015

Ree and her husband, Ladd Drummond, share kids Alex, Paige, Bryce and Todd. In 2018, the couple announced that their foster son, Jamar, joined the family.

Sharing meals together has always been a way for the Drummond family to bond. Though the doting mom changed her diet, she still regularly joined her family for meals during her weight loss journey.

“While I did eat small portions of all the foods my family was eating, I also ate a higher amount of high-protein foods such as egg whites, chicken, fish, lean beef, plain Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, Swiss cheese and dark, leafy greens,” she wrote.

She posed for a sweet picture with Alex while visiting her at Texas A&M University.

October 2017

Fans of the culinary expert were buzzing after she posed for a photo in a plaid outfit. To achieve her fitness goal, Ree ate fewer calories, weighed her food, exercised regularly, ate more protein and didn’t drink alcohol for several months.

“I still love food, I still cook the same food for my family and me and I’m a real person who realizes I’m always going to be prone to weigh in ups and downs,” she reflected. “But my experiences over the past few months have equipped me with real, doable tools that I feel like I’ll be able to whip out whenever things get off track in the coming months and years.”

July 2022

She spent some quality time with her hubby on the beach during a trip to Mexico. The cookbook author opened up in another blog post about maintaining her healthier lifestyle. At the time, her overall weight loss totaled 55 pounds.

“The months I spent doing squats, lunges and deadlifts early in my weight loss process really laid the foundation for a summer and fall of more efficient calorie burning,” Ree wrote in February 2022. “I’m not a physician or trainer, but I can tell you that as I watched the number on the scale continue to decrease through the summer and fall, I knew without question that it was largely due to the muscle I’d built.”

2024

In March 2024, Ree opened up on Facebook in a reflective post about her weight loss journey.

“Many of you might remember that in 2021 (three years ago!?!) I set out on a weight loss/health journey that eventually resulted in my shedding some serious pounds and making other healthy changes,” she began. “I’m working on a big big big, comprehensive update about what’s happened to my bod since then, where I am now, and what I’m doing about it … but while I finish up that post, I wanted to share this newly updated post I wrote in 2021 about the whole adventure!”

In the updated blog post, Ree maintained that she did not take any weight loss pharmaceuticals throughout her health journey.

“I did not take Ozempic, Wegovy, or similar medications,” she wrote. “I know this has been a big topic in recent years, so I thought I’d add this paragraph. I support anyone who has success using the above medications. I know they have been an absolute godsend for so many people; I have friends who’ve experienced incredible results.”

“For me, the simple, boring truth is that when I set out to lose weight in January of 2021, I had never heard of that class of drugs,” she continued. “And to be honest, if I had heard of them and had seen all the results that are out there, I might have been tempted to try them. But I simply didn’t know those drugs existed then, so I dove in using all the methods below. Today, even though I have gained a few pounds up and down, I still have not chosen that option — for various reasons I’ll write about in my upcoming update — but you’ll never hear a second of judgment from me about people who choose that direction!”