Cardi B Reveals She Lost Post-Pregnancy Weight Due to ‘Stress’
In 2025, Cardi B, the Grammy‑winning rapper and cultural icon, welcomed her fourth child and first with NFL star Stefon Diggs. Now, she’s simultaneously gearing up for her highly anticipated “Little Miss Drama Tour” in 2026. The star, who introduced fans to her newborn son “Baby Brim” on social media following his November arrival, has made it clear that motherhood hasn’t slowed her down as she balances family life with intense tour prep, including workouts on the treadmill just weeks after giving birth. Here’s what she recently posted about postpartum weight loss and how “stress” is driving her bodily changes.
Cardi B says she’s stressed as she loses post-pregnancy weight
Cardi B isn’t allowing her recent pregnancy to slow her down. The rapper gave birth in early November 2025 to her fourth baby and first with her NFL boyfriend, Stefon Diggs. Even before she gave birth, she was spilling on how she was already preparing for her tour in February 2026.
“I’m already preparing for it,” Cardi told Jennifer Hudson while pregnant. “I’m at the gym, and I’m taking dancing classes already.
Cardi is now taking her tour prep extremely seriously. She posted a clip to Instagram showing her jogging on a curved treadmill while wearing a hijab and an abaya.
“We in Saudi Arabia baby,” Cardi told the camera. “I told you, after giving birth, I gotta get ready for the ‘Little Miss Drama Tour.’ It is two months away!”
“Everybody keeps asking me, ‘Cardi, how did you lose all that weight after the baby? Like, what did you do? You look great!’ I’ll tell you how I did it — stress! It is Christmas, it is Kwanzaa, it is Hanukkah. Get your kids the tickets now, because in January, don’t be hitting me up like, ‘Cardi, there’s no tickets left.’ I don’t have it! I don’t got no more tickets. … I don’t have nothing but this tour to give ya, OK?”
Cardi B told her fans how hard she’s working to ensure that her tour is a success
Cardi B wants her fans and followers to know just how hard she’s working to ensure that she can give 110% while on her “Little Miss Drama Tour.” On Sept. 17, 2025, before giving birth, she told her fans that she’s running on little sleep just to create more content and help promote her new album and tour.
“On Feb. 11, it will be the first day of my tour, ‘Little Miss Drama,'” Cardi says in the Instagram clip. “And let me tell y’all something. I want to let y’all know what headspace I’m in. I want this s*** real f***ing bad. I want this s*** like I’m on the third floor in the Bronx and I need to get the f*** on out. That’s how bad I want it. I want this s*** like it’s 2016 … you know what I’m saying? Nothing and anything is stopping me. This is the hard part for me. I’ve been waking up at 6 a.m. and going to bed at 2 a.m. I’ve been going overseas; I’ve done fashion shows; I’ve done music videos; I’ve been doing magazine covers. I have done so much.”
Cardi added that she’s going into “straight rehearsals” once she gives birth. “I’m not playing,” she said.
The rapper playfully called herself an ‘ol’ lady’ at the gym
Cardi B is allowing her fans to watch her on her journey to getting in shape for her tour. Just over a week after giving birth, she documented herself heading back to the gym.
“So, first day back at the gym, Nov. 13,” she said in a clip posted to her Instagram Stories. “I did, so far, 23 minutes on the StairMaster. … But, I want to do an hour on the StairMaster. But I feel like I’m strong enough to do some squats. So, I’m gonna do some squats. F*** it. Let’s go.”
In the caption, she noted that she hadn’t started dance rehearsals yet, but she’s back to light workouts. “I’m 33 honey I’m a ol’ lady,” she said.
