M10news|Celebrity News| 9 August 2025
Cheryl Burke has shed a significant amount of weight while continuing to indulge in her favourite treats.
“At my heaviest, I was about 150 pounds,” the “Dancing With the Stars” alum, 41, told Us Weekly in an interview published Saturday. She added that she no longer weighs herself daily because it “was a problem.”
“The last time I checked, I was 109,” Burke said of her weight loss progress. “I feel f—ing great; my energy is on another level. That 109 doesn’t matter, what matters is how I feel.”
Despite her transformation, Burke said she still enjoys candy, particularly licorice, and is not actively trying to lose more weight.
She described her typical morning routine: “I have my morning fruit shake, which has more calories than any of my meals. I have to have my matcha from Peet’s Coffee every morning, and if they have the warm pretzel bread, I’ll get it because it’s just the best thing in the world.”
Burke said she is “very lenient” with her diet but uses a portion control food delivery service called Z.E.N. to help maintain balance.
“I have oatmeal with fruit every morning,” she explained. “I have a snack—pita, chips and hummus. Lunch is normally a salad, and then I’ll have my dinner. It’s not diet food, it’s real food.”
She admitted that she used to be an emotional eater who often ate late and frequented fast food drive-thrus. Now, she said, she doesn’t even remember the last time she ate fast food and no longer craves it.
Burke praised Z.E.N., comparing it to having a personal chef, and said it has helped her create more balance in her meals.
“I’ve learned that starving myself, then eating one big meal, doesn’t work for my body,” she added.
Alongside dietary changes, Burke incorporates movement into her daily routine.
“I walk my dog a couple of miles a day,” she said. “I have a treadmill where I edit my content because now that I’m a full-time beauty influencer, I actually can only edit content on a treadmill. It’s the craziest.”
Burke, who was previously married to actor Matthew Lawrence, first shared her dramatic weight loss transformation publicly in May.
At that time, she told People, “I have so much more energy than I ever have.”
