Cardi B Workout and Diet

Singer
Born: 1992

Singer
Born: 1992

Cardi B was born Belcalis Merlenis Almanzar in the South Bronx, New York. She attended Renaissance High School for Music Theatre & Technology and was a member of a gang called the Bloods. She became a stripper as a way to escape from an abusive relationship and poverty, and has been very open and proud of her decision. She attended community college for a while, but eventually dropped out. In 2013, some of her posts went viral on social media, and then in 2015 she found a place in a reality series called Love & Hip Hop: New York before storming onto the music scene. Her single ‘Bodak Yellow’ went to #1 in 2017. She earned 2 Grammy nominations in 2017, 8 nominations at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards, and won for Top Rap Female Artist. She also won a Grammy in 2019 for Invasion of Privacy, her debut album. Cardi B was named by Forbes magazine as one of the most influential female rappers of all time. She also played a stripper in the movie, Hustlers. CardiB secretly married Migos’ member Offset in September 2017 and they have a daughter together. In 2019, Cardi B was convicted of 2 felony assault charges and several other violations for inciting a strip club fight. She has millions of followers on social media. Cardi B is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs about 135 lbs.

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Cardi B’s Diet

Diet Summary

Growing up, Cardi B says she often went hungry and was skinny. While she is an avowed fast food addict, she did a 180 when she got pregnant and even tried vegan food in an effort to be healthy. She sticks to only eating 2 meals per day, breakfast and dinner. This can be a form of intermittent fasting which helps the body in many ways, including weight loss, regulating blood sugar levels, reducing inflammation and cell repair. Her foods run the gamut from hearty eggs, bacon and potatoes to pizza to barbecue to wings. But she’ll still return to vegan selections from time to time. She also drinks weight loss tea twice a week to help curb her appetite. Just 3 months after giving birth, she had dropped all the baby weight and then some. She says the tea worked a little too well, and led to depression over her too-skinny body.

Estimated Macros

  • Medium Fat 35% 35%
  • Medium Carb 40% 40%
  • Medium Protein 40% 40%

Diet Details

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Big Meals

Cardi B doesn’t skimp on meals and goes big twice a day. Breakfast might be eggs, potatoes, bacon, salami, yogurt and juice, or it could be pizza and a caramel frappuccino.

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Get Cultured

Cardi B regularly eats yogurt, and recommends it to all women as a health food.

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Bring on the BBQ & Chips

Cardi B loves Dallas BBQ and often posts photos of it on Instagram. She says growing up, chicken and rice was a staple of her diet. She also loves the 59-cent chips from Rap Snacks.

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Asian Invasion

Sometimes Cardi B gets a craving for Asian snacks, such as mochi, dried crabs and noodle bowls. Her favorite restaurant is the upscale Philippe Chow in NYC.

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Lifetime Supply of Guacamole

The chain Chipotle gave Cardi B a lifetime supply of chips, guac and queso due to the song lyrics in the J Lo song ‘Dinero’ about her love of guacamole.

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When Dieting Works Too Well

B drank a weight loss tea to curb her appetite and lose weight after having her second child. Initially she talked about having lipo to remove the excess around her middle, but shortly after giving birth, she complained of being a ‘skinnymomma.’

What to Eat

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Asian cuisine

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Vegan food

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Burritos

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Chicken

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Rice

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Wings

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Lobster

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Caviar

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Peanut Butter

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Jelly

What to Avoid

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Lunch

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B On Losing The Baby Weight

‘I don’t like looking too skinny.’

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B On Being Too Thin

‘I used to look too skinny as a teenager and I used to hate it, and I hate it now.’

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B On Yogurt

‘Yogurt is very good for women. I suggest women…eat 1 cup of yogurt a day.’

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B On Her Favorite Meal To ‘Cook’

‘Peanut butter and jelly because it’s fast to make.’

Cardi B’s Workout Routine

Weekly Workout Routine

Natural Pain Relief

After plastic surgery and lipo messed up her touring schedule, Cardi B decided she’s rather exercise than undergo the knife again. She also discovered that exercising helped prevent migraines.

Dance Master

Of course Cardi B has been using her dance moves for a long time. Pole dancing can burn some serious calories.

Reebok Ambassador

Cardi B was named a brand ambassador and partner of fitness giant Reebok. The collection called Meet You There features athleisurewear in sizes ranging from 2XS to 3XL.

Workout Style

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A Cardi B Routine

Try pole dancing. It works on core strength, flexibility and stamina, and it never gets boring. There are plenty of tutorials on YouTube.

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Cardi B On Her Body

‘I still feel like I got a lot of love handles right here. It’s not much but it’s like — I’m used to having, like, a real tight stomach.’

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Cardi B On Exercise

‘I ain’t never getting surgery again…but let me tell you, I haven’t got a headache ever since.’

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Cardi B On Competition

‘I’m my own competition. I’m competing with myself.’

Cardi B’s Supplements

Teami

Weight Loss Tea

Cardi B regularly drinks Teami diet tea which helps suppress appetite. She says she can’t drink it more than twice a week, however, or it completely kills her appetite.

 vitamin B-complex

vitamin B-complex

Other than the diet tea, Cardi B doesn’t have much to say on the topic of supplements, but as a busy mom who admits to experiencing regular crying jags, she might consider taking a vitamin B-complex to help with energy and mood.

 vitamin D

vitamin D

 Likewise, a vitamin D supplement can help with immunity and mood.

Magnesium

Magnesium

Magnesium can help ensure better sleep quality and also works to prevent migraines.

Probiotics

Probiotics

Probiotics are a good idea to keep the gut healthy, especially if you like to hit the fast food like Miss B.

Cardi B’s Lifestyle

What The ‘B’ Stands For

B says her sister’s name is Hennessy, and so people called her ‘Bacardi.’ She reversed the syllables because Instagram kept shutting her down for using a copyrighted name. She says these days, the ‘B’ may mean different things. (By the way, her sister is also a social media star.)

Political Passion

Cardi B calls herself a ‘history guru’ and says she’s been obsessed with politics every since high school when her career goal was to teach history. She even posted her grades on Twitter (98 on the US History Regents exam and 93 on the Global Regents). She’s also a big fan of Bernie Sanders.

Baby Bling

Cardi B and hubs Offset spent $100K for custom diamond jewelry to celebrate baby Kulture’s 1st birthday. Miss B announced on Instagram she plans to spoil her children with everything money can buy (her own engagment ring cost a cool $550K).

Record Breaker

Cardi B is only the 2nd female rapper ever to have a solo song hit #1 on the music charts. Lauryn Hill was the first to do it back in 1998.

Rule Breaker

Cardi B threw a shoe at Nicki Minaj during Fashion Week in 2018. She also unapologetically admits to drugging and robbing men who would come back to her hotel room when she was working as a stripper. In 2019, she got a felony conviction for encouraging her bodyguards to attack bartenders at a strip joint.

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Cardi B On Her Decision To Become A Stripper

‘It really saved me from a lot of things. When I started stripping, I went back to school.’

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Cardi B On Dropping Out Of School

‘I kind of want to go back to college and finish what I left off. Besides homework, I loved French and political science.’

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Cardi B On Feminism

‘Feminism means being equal to a man. And I am.’

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Cardi B On Fashion

‘I don’t care if it cost $20…If it looks good on me, it looks good on me.’

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Cardi B On Social Media

‘Social media really made me…That’s how I got discovered. But now social media makes everything hard.’

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Cardi B On Motherhood

‘You’re never really on time. Things don’t go as you plan, never.’

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