Soyou notices weight loss as ring shifts from index to thumb

Singer Soyou has personally felt the changes in her physique during her daily life. Upon discovering that a ring she typically wears on her index finger had become so loose that it could fit on her thumb, she remarked, “I lost weight again.”

However, Soyou's recent lifestyle has leaned more toward a balanced self-management routine of eating well and exercising consistently, rather than following unconditional dietary restrictions.

On the 21st, Soyou revealed her busy daily life in a video titled “Why is it already late September...? Meeting friends, going to university festivals, exercising, and having company dinners,” uploaded to her YouTube channel, Soyou's Story. Her natural lifestyle patterns were revealed through a schedule that included university festivals, radio appearances, meetings with acquaintances, and exercise.

In particular, an unexpected weight change was captured during a scene where she was receiving hair and makeup before appearing on SBS radio. While picking through her accessories, Soyou tried on a ring and said, “It's too big,” adding, “Ah, I lost weight again.”

The production team explained that the ring, which she originally wore on her index finger, had become so loose that she had to wear it on her thumb. While she did not disclose specific weight loss figures, the scene became a relatable everyday moment as she noticed the change herself through the size of a ring she wears regularly.

Soyou's management habits were revealed even more concretely during her workout scenes. Even after having meat at a company dinner with Lee Changsub and others the previous day, she visited the gym the next day, continuing through various exercises including hip abduction, upper body, abs, and leg raises. During the abdominal exercises, she showed signs of struggle but completed her planned workout until the end.

Interestingly, Soyou did not avoid company dinners. While maintaining an attitude of “you have to eat when you eat,” she planned to exercise again the next day, and she actually appeared at the gym the following day. This can be interpreted as her finding her own balance between the joy of eating and self-management.

The purpose of her exercise was not simply to reduce the numbers on the scale. In the video, after checking her swollen face the day after the dinner, she was shown managing her condition through exercise and a sauna. Soyou noted that her face seemed different after exercising, and she proceeded to visit a sauna to manage her daily condition in her own way.

That said, she did not appear to be suppressing her appetite. Upon finding kimbap in the waiting room before a radio broadcast, Soyou ate while repeatedly shouting, “The last one!” She also confessed that her appetite exploded after returning from Jeju Island, saying, “I'm so hungry.”

This side of her aligns with the nature of the content Soyou has been showing through her YouTube channel recently. Rather than showing only the singer Soyou on stage, she is translating the process of a star's self-management into the language of daily life by revealing her relatively private routines, such as exercising, eating, meeting friends, and resting.

In particular, Soyou has consistently shared stories about exercise and diet management in the past. For a singer who must perform on stage, maintaining physical strength and condition means more than just managing appearance. Since maintaining stamina is essential to handle long hours of performances, events, and broadcasting schedules, exercise seems to have become a lifestyle habit that supports her activities.

In this video, another side of Soyou also caught attention. While visiting Jeong Jinwoon's exhibition, she met Kara's Nicole and admired her friend's dressed-up appearance, introducing herself as having come naturally. She even jokingly revealed her own side by taking off thick-lensed glasses and saying, “I can't see without these.”

Ultimately, the appeal of this content does not lie solely in how much weight she lost. Rather, as her lifestyle pattern of having company dinners, eating kimbap, and exercising the next day was revealed, a human side was shown that differs from the perfectly controlled image of a star.

Soyou's reaction to noticing the weight change through a loose ring is minor yet impressive. This is because noticing changes through the items, clothes, and bodily sensations one uses every day is closer to the actual experience of daily life than weight loss calculated by numbers.

While she captivates audiences with intense performances on stage, in her daily life when the cameras are off, Soyou laughs with friends, enjoys company dinners, and shows her appetite in front of kimbap, yet puts on her workout clothes again the next day. This “Soyou's Story” showed not just the glamorous side of a star, but the realistic self-management of a person adjusting her life rhythm to sustain a busy career.