Jessy Mendiola: I suffered from Bulimia and B.E.D

INAMIN ni Jessy Mendiola na nakipaglaban din siya sa “bulimia” noong kasagsagan ng kanyang depresyon ilang taon na ang nakararaan.

Sa kanyang Instagram account, nag-post ang girlfriend ni Luis Manzano ng kanyang sexy photo na may mahabang caption tungkol sa pinagdaanan niyang “serious psychological eating disorder.”

Ayon sa health website na WebMD, ang bulimia ay “psychological eating disorder that is characterized by episodes of binge eating followed by purging and can result to gum disease, osteoporosis, kidney disease, heart disease, and even death.”

Narito ang kuwento ni Jessy sa pinagdaanan niyang eating disorder, “Losing/maintaining weight has always been a struggle for me. I only started taking my health seriously some time last year. It’s so hard to be in tip-top shape especially when a lot of people try to put you down and tell you how you’re supposed to look. Sometimes you’re too thin, sometimes too fat.”

Dagdag pa niya, “I used to hate my thighs and arms. I would always kill myself at the gym just to achieve unrealistic body goals and starve myself just to reach my weight goal [of] 100lbs (2nd pic, 110lbs). I was depressed and heartbroken at that time (2013) and I gained 25lbs (3rd pic). I still kept pushing myself to work out every day.”

Ayon pa sa dalaga, talagang ginugutom niya ang sarili noon para ma-achieve ang kanyang ideal weight kaya unti-unti ring bumigay ang kanyang katawan, “I suffered from Bulimia and B.E.D (Binge Eating Disorder), desperate to lose weight in a short period of time – from 135lbs I went down to 103lbs (4th pic). I starved myself just to lose unwanted weight… to look ‘perfect’ but I was so unhappy.

“I couldn’t live my life the way I wanted to. I was usually weak and ‘lutang’ because I didn’t have enough nutrients in my body. This kept going until 2016 when I suddenly gained all the weight back and eventually hit my heaviest weight, 140lbs. Because of all the hate online, the struggle with myself kept going until 2017 (5th pic).”

“It was only last year when I started changing my workouts and eating habits with the help of [Kat] & [Nadine] and of course to [Luis]. He made me feel better every time I felt so insecure about myself and he helped me recover from my depressionand made me feel loved every single day.

“I guess all I’m trying to say is, it doesn’t matter how long it takes for you to find inner peace and whatever works for you, just stick to that.

“I am far from perfect but this is who I am and this is how I love myself. I love myself enough to eat what I want to make myself feel good. I love myself enough to move every day because I want to live my life as best as possible.”