Skye Wheatley shared her battle with eating disorders on Tuesday’s episode of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Australia.
The former Big Brother star and influencer opened up about her battle and talked about how being in the spotlight affected her self-image and led to bulimia.
“I had eating disorders when I was much younger,” the 30-year-old told her fellow campers.
‘Just all the pressure, Instagram and being the center of attention. I felt like I had to look a certain way.’
She continued: ‘I’m a really bad compulsive eater. I used to do it once a week. You would feel bad about the amount of food he ate in one sitting.
Skye Wheatley (pictured) shared her battle with eating disorders on Tuesday’s episode of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Australia
‘I think it’s my ADHD. With ADHD you are always looking for that quick hit of dopamine. Chip packets, Maltesers, two-minute noodles, blocks of chocolate.
‘All in one session. I would finish it all and then in an hour.
Skye previously revealed that she suffered from anorexia and binge eating in the past, and although she has done much better since becoming a mother, she still has episodes of binge eating.
In a 10-minute video posted to her Instagram and TikTok, the former Big Brother star showed her followers all the food she ate during her last binge and how many calories it had, however, she didn’t say exactly when it was.
However, she stressed that she has not been diagnosed by a medical professional with binge eating disorder.
The former Big Brother star and influencer opened up about her battle and talked about how being the center of attention affected her self-image and led to bulimia.
“I had eating disorders when I was much younger,” the 30-year-old told her fellow campers. ‘Just all the pressure, Instagram and being the center of attention. I felt like I had to look a certain way’
‘I have suffered with body image and the appearance of my body and I didn’t have a good relationship with food. I would binge until I fell asleep… I would eat to the point of exhaustion,” she began.
“I wanted to share with you how many calories I ate in my last binge session,” she said in the video while sitting in front of chocolate, cupcakes, ice cream, candy and pizza.
‘All this on my table is what I ate in my last binge episode, it wasn’t all of it.
“This is how many calories I consumed, it was over a day, I consumed exactly 3792 calories, I went to Coles, bought all my favorite snacks and started eating.”
Skye previously revealed that she suffered from anorexia and binge eating in the past, and although she has done much better since becoming a mother, she still has episodes of binge eating.
Skye added that she went with her mother and ate a sandwich and then took her two sons, Forest, four, and Bear, one, to McDonalds and ate the leftovers.
He has a much better relationship with food now than when he was younger.
“When I was younger and lived at home, I did it once a week as an escape,” he said.
‘I’ve had bulimia, anorexia, not severe anorexia, but there were stages in my life when I didn’t eat and that caused me to go into a binge eating session.
“I haven’t starved myself since I was a teenager, now I have a good relationship with food, I don’t count my calories, I don’t deprive myself.”
“I wanted to share with you how many calories I ate in my last binge session,” she said in the video while sitting in front of chocolate, cupcakes, ice cream, candy and pizza.