Model Heidi Klum Reveals Her Weight: 'I Don't Count My Calories'

Model Heidi Klum is 5’9” and… how many pounds?

The 50-year-old fashion model got candid with her Instagram followers over the weekend. In a since-deleted Instagram Story, the “America’s Got Talent” judge dusted off the scale to reveal her weight and denied that she counts calories.

In her Instagram Stories over the weekend, as per the Daily Mail, the first-ever German-born Victoria’s Secret Angel joked about dusting off her scale. “It must have gotten completely dusty. It's definitely not possible anymore,” she said as she stepped on the scale, revealing that she weighed 138 pounds or 62.5 kilograms. A BMI calculator puts her Body Mass Index at 20.38, which registers it as a normal weight.

Although her weight might be healthy, it’s likely that she is going to receive backlash over her diet. According to the outlet, she revealed that she does not eat more than 900 calories per day, which is probably not advised by most dieticians. According to VeryWell Fit, “It's generally not a good idea to follow diets or weight-loss programs that provide 900 calories a day or less.”

She did not give her followers a complete breakdown of everything she eats, but she did say that she starts her morning off with three poached eggs in warm chicken broth.

In an Instagram Story on Tuesday night (transcribed by Page Six), Heidi denied the headline that she only eats 900 calories a day. “I just got home, and some friends are sending me these articles that have been written that I only take in 900 calories,” she began. “One, I want to say, I don’t think I’ve ever had to count my calories in my life and don’t believe everything that you read.”

“So, I don’t count my calories,” she continued. “Someone asked me how much I weigh, and I got on the scale and showed how much I weighed.” The "Project Runway" alum slammed people who "make up stories" that are then misconstrued and can negatively influence others.

“I don’t know. People just put things together and just write a bunch of crap, and it’s really sad because there really is no real journalism anymore,” she said. “One person writes it, and then everyone jumps on it, and it’s really sad because, you know, people read that and they think that and possibly follow that, and that’s not good.”

According to Page Six, in 2008, Heidi admitted to eating small meals every three hours. She also said that she never ate after 8 p.m. and frequently ate an apple whenever she felt hungry for a quick snack.

In April 2020, the former Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model opened up about her “disciplined diet” with Red Magazine for their May issue. She told the publication that she is now “used to” following a strict diet after struggling with her eating habits at the beginning of her career.

“'I feel happy with who I am and how I am. If I wasn't, I would change it. I wear the pants I want to wear and I live my life so I can,” Heidi said at the time. “In the beginning, I had to [be disciplined about food] and now I'm just so used to it. There are so many choices, just pick the right things. Because then you don't have the struggle.”

It’s unlikely that the model will face a great deal of pushback from her followers about her eating habits for one simple reason: she turns comments off! In June 2023, she took to her Instagram Stories (via People magazine) to explain why she disables comments on all of her posts.

The popular model said that she keeps comments off for “my own mental health,” adding “I feel more free this way.” She went on to say, “Obviously I’m sad for all the fans who I can’t speak with but there’s just too much hate, unfortunately, in the world right now. And I’m not here for it.”

“I don’t think it’s nice sometimes what people have to say and I think it’s not good to be influenced by what people say,” she continued. “It kind of makes you not do then what you feel in your gut, what you want to do."

“My Instagram account and everything that I do is about love and happiness and a lot of people aren’t. I just had to remove myself from that. I also don’t like when people are fighting with each other,” she added. “That’s not what I’m all about.”

Although she may generally keep to a 900-calorie window, it looks like the popular model managed to indulge a bit on vacation in Capri with her husband, Tom Kaulitz. The two met on the set of “Germany’s Next Top Model” and were so smitten with each other, they got engaged on Christmas Eve that same year. They tied the knot in a small ceremony in February 2019 before hosting a larger celebration later that summer.

Throughout the month of August, Heidi has been sharing photos and videos of her adventures in Capri, Italy, and that includes some shots of some delicious food. Even though she may only eat 900 calories a day, she shared a photograph of a plate of pasta and muscles along with a few plates of salad. She also shared a photo of her licking an ice cream cone earlier in the month, so it seems that she might be more flexible with her diet than it appears!