While discussing New Year’s resolutions, “TODAY” co-host Hoda Kotb pointed out the compliments viewers have been giving Jenna Bush Hager. “People have noticed that there’s like a transformation that’s been happening with you,” Kotb said. “Something is happening,” Hager confirmed, sharing a change she made in her routine. “I will say I think I have figured out what works for me,” she explained. “And I think the hard thing is I think we expect things to happen overnight. This has actually been almost six months.The difference is I wake up before the show and work out — and really work out.” Hager went on to preach about being kind to oneself during any period of transformation. “Anybody that’s either gained weight during the pandemic or had babies and gained weight, it just takes time, and you have to give yourself that grace,” she said.
This isn’t the first time Hager kept it real about her health and fitness. When Hager and Kotb did a live weigh-in on “TODAY” in 2019, Hager spoke out about the negativity about stepping on a scale. “I don’t want life to be controlled by a scale,” she said. “We’re not saying we need to be a certain number to be us, we’re happy with us.”
