Meghan Trainor (left) in 2016; (right) in 2024.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic; Elyse Jankowski/FilmMagic

Meghan Trainor Before and After

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Meghan Trainortalks about how she reshaped her body, saying she was inspired to lift weights when she realized “I can be stronger.”The “All About That Bass” singer, 30, appeared onToday, and shared how her fitness journey began after hostHoda Kotbasked, “Can I also say that you’re in great shape?”“You look gorg!” addedJenna Bush Hager.“Oh my God, have you seen me in the gym?” Trainor replied.“First of all, we love you inside and out throughout all, but this is like a new phase for you. Is this something where you intentionally said, ‘You know what, I want to get healthy?’ ” Kotb asked.Meghan Trainor performs onstage during iHeartRadio 102.7 KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball 2024.Emma McIntyre/Getty“I mean, look at those kids. I’ve got to lift them up and chase them. I’m exhausted,” Trainor said of her sons,Riley, who turns 4 in February, andBarry, 17 months, whom she shares with husbandDaryl Sabara. “They come and visit me every single workout. They come at the end.”Trainor previouslytold PEOPLEthat she wanted to get fit before she hit the road for The Timeless Tour, which wrapped in October. “I want to train and eat clean, and feel good when I’m dancing and singing,” she said. “I don’t wanna be so winded, because right now, I’m winded.”The"Been Like This"singer shared that she doesn’t work out every day, saying “I’m not crazy.” Instead, “I try to go three times a week of lifting weights. I didn’t know lifting weights would change my life so much. I was, like, dying, trying to run on the treadmill, and it made me swollen.”The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!Meghan Trainor performs in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2024.Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images for iHeartRadio“I just saw I can be stronger, you know?” Trainor explained of her dedication to lifting weight.“Weights give you more energy later. I think when you run you get more adrenaline, but when you lift weights, you’re like, wow,” Kotb said.“And you’re dead the whole day,” Trainor quipped, prompting Hager to add that you can incorporate your children into workouts.“Now, I lift them up like a dumbbell,” Trainor joked. “I’m like, ‘Okay, use your legs!’ ”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Meghan Trainortalks about how she reshaped her body, saying she was inspired to lift weights when she realized “I can be stronger.”

The “All About That Bass” singer, 30, appeared onToday, and shared how her fitness journey began after hostHoda Kotbasked, “Can I also say that you’re in great shape?”

“You look gorg!” addedJenna Bush Hager.

“Oh my God, have you seen me in the gym?” Trainor replied.

“First of all, we love you inside and out throughout all, but this is like a new phase for you. Is this something where you intentionally said, ‘You know what, I want to get healthy?’ ” Kotb asked.

Meghan Trainor performs onstage during iHeartRadio 102.7 KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball 2024.Emma McIntyre/Getty

Meghan Trainer performs in Los Angeles in December 2024.

Emma McIntyre/Getty

“I mean, look at those kids. I’ve got to lift them up and chase them. I’m exhausted,” Trainor said of her sons,Riley, who turns 4 in February, andBarry, 17 months, whom she shares with husbandDaryl Sabara. “They come and visit me every single workout. They come at the end.”

Trainor previouslytold PEOPLEthat she wanted to get fit before she hit the road for The Timeless Tour, which wrapped in October. “I want to train and eat clean, and feel good when I’m dancing and singing,” she said. “I don’t wanna be so winded, because right now, I’m winded.”

The"Been Like This"singer shared that she doesn’t work out every day, saying “I’m not crazy.” Instead, “I try to go three times a week of lifting weights. I didn’t know lifting weights would change my life so much. I was, like, dying, trying to run on the treadmill, and it made me swollen.”

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

Meghan Trainor performs in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2024.Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images for iHeartRadio

Meghan Trainor attends iHeartRadio 102.7 KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball 2024 presented by Capital One at Dickies Arena.

Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images for iHeartRadio

“I just saw I can be stronger, you know?” Trainor explained of her dedication to lifting weight.

“Weights give you more energy later. I think when you run you get more adrenaline, but when you lift weights, you’re like, wow,” Kotb said.

“And you’re dead the whole day,” Trainor quipped, prompting Hager to add that you can incorporate your children into workouts.

“Now, I lift them up like a dumbbell,” Trainor joked. “I’m like, ‘Okay, use your legs!’ ”

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