Mel C reveals she used sport and alternative therapies to cure her eating disorder
The star has opened up about her struggles during her time in the Spice Girls
MEL C has revealed she used sport and alternative therapies to help cure her eating disorder.
The Spice Girl, now 42, admitted she struggled with her body image during her meteoric rise to fame in the band and despite being in denial for a long time – she was keen to get better.
Speaking to about that time of her life, the mum-of-one revealed: “I joined the Spice Girls when I was 20 and it was an insane time. I developed an eating disorder.
“I was in the spotlight, being photographed constantly, and I started to become self-conscious of my body image.”
She continued: “I was in denial for a long time but I always wanted to get better – I had talking therapies and holistic therapies, like acupuncture.
"Sport became really important to me too. I love to be physically fit and, obviously, to really push yourself, you have to make sure you eat the right things. I like to think I have a healthy relationship with food now, and I love to cook.”
The star, who was of course known as Sporty Spice, said something similar earlier this year: “When the Spice Girls were at their biggest, I couldn’t even really look at myself in the mirror because I didn’t like what I saw.
“Depression, eating disorders, obsessive over-exercising; I went through all of it.”
These days Mel is more than confident with her figure and even shared a topless snap of herself recently as she got changed on a shoot.
Her comments come after she admitted she was "relieved" she turned down a Spice Girls reunion.
The Version of Me singer feels she and Victoria Beckham made the right decision in opting not to join their fellow Spice Girls bandmates - Mel B, Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell - for a comeback show but still loves to keep in touch with the other four girls.
She said: "It was a really hard decision to make. But once it was made I felt very relieved and that proved to me that my instinct was right. There's always an ebb and flow to how much we stay in touch.
"We have spells of seeing each other and then not speaking for months. Family life and career takes over. I'd love to see the girls more and when we do have periods of being in each other's lives, it's lovely."
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