Overview
- In a Zeit interview, Lang calls the rapid loss a planned effort since spring 2024 and credits specific habits such as less eating on the road, home cooking, better sleep and less alcohol.
- She rejects claims that the change answered online abuse, framing it as a health decision to sustain her capacity to work in a demanding role.
- Resigning as Greens co-leader in September 2024 cut her travel, which she says made sticking to her routine easier.
- Following the 2025 election she entered the 21st Bundestag via the state list and serves on the Labour and Social Affairs and Budget committees.
- Recent profiles highlight a wider reinvention that includes completing a law bachelor, starting a remote master’s, co-authoring a book with sociologist Steffen Mau and emphasizing time management while acknowledging the risk of a yo-yo effect.