She continues, “I had to rebuild my body from cut muscles. It took me a while to feel confident and … give it my own personality.”
The documentary goes on to show her at the gym struggling to keep up. “In the beginning, there were so many muscle spasms and just internally, my body was not connected. My mind was not there,” she confesses. “My mind wanted to be with my children. What people don’t see is the sacrifice.”
“It’s not like before, when I could rehearse 15 hours straight,” she adds. “I have children, I have a husband, I have to take care of my body.”
Then we dive into her diet during this time. Footage shows Beyoncé eating an apple as she shares, “In order for me to meet my goals, I’m limiting myself to no bread, no carbs, no sugar, no dairy, no meat, no fish, no alcohol — and I’m hungry.”
Unlike any other, she made it happen, and is unsure if she’d ever do it again. “I definitely pushed myself further than I knew I could and I learned a very valuable lesson,” she admits. “I will never, never push myself that far again.”
In one scene, Beyoncé is ecstatic when she tries on an old costume and it fits. She even FaceTimes JAY-Z to show it off. “This is actually a huge accomplishment, because I never thought I’d get back into my old costume and I’m actually in it. I can still move,” she quips. “I still have a ways to go, but this makes me feel good. I’ve been sacrificing and working hard — huge, huge, huge accomplishment. Yay!”
