Dancing with the Stars’ Shanna Burgess reflects on past eating disorder
Shanna Burgess Dedicated to overcoming the struggle of eating disorders.
“I’ve struggled with overeating and restrictive eating most of my life,” Burgess, 40, said during an Instagram Story Q&A on Sunday, January 18, when asked about her history with eating disorders. “I had a very complicated relationship with food as a teenager; [in] I’m in my 20s. “
Burgess admitted that her habits “changed” as she entered her 30s, but did not elaborate further.
this dancing with the stars alum previously revealed that her body dysmorphia began during dance training.
“My body was really struggling because of dancing,” Burgess told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation In good health magazine in a 2021 interview. “I remember when I was 15, the teacher weighed me every two days and we were told if we needed to lose weight. Every week I was told I needed to lose more weight, and I certainly wasn’t overweight.”
She continued, “While dance was something I needed in my life, it really instilled a negative body image in me. It also started a negative eating pattern where I would overeat one day and starve the next. I struggled with this for years. Even in my 20s, I would see that 15-year-old girl in the mirror who was told every week that she needed to lose weight.”
Burgess came to appreciate her physique after joining the cast Distributed WTS 2011.
“Seeing the celebrities on the show transform their bodies by moving and dancing and ultimately falling in love with their bodies really shook my perspective,” she explains. “I thought, ‘Wow, I’ve been doing this my whole life.’ I started seeing something else in the mirror, and I started seeing a body that helped me get through some incredibly difficult times, create some great moments, win championships, and allow me to live a life that I never imagined.”
Burgess last served Distributed WTS She danced with her fiancé during Season 30 in 2021 Brian Austin Green. She left the show in 2022 after the pair welcomed son Zane. (Green, 52, is also a father of four.)
“After a long conversation and a lot of thinking and really trying to do the right thing, I have made the very difficult decision not to participate in this year’s season DDancing with the stars,“I’m not ready to be away from Zane for at least 10 hours a day,” Burgess said in a social media video in August 2022. I am a stay-at-home breastfeeding mom, and more than that, I absolutely love being a mom. Although it is difficult to refuse DanceI have this family and this new baby at home, and I may never get these moments back [with]”.
However, Burgess wasn’t leaving dancehall for good.
“It was never a no,” she said Sunday in response to another question on Instagram Story about the possibility of the reality show returning. “I was supposed to do something with them last season, but I was already in New York working on a play and couldn’t commit. I love [the cast and crew]the show, I always wanted to go there. “
If you or someone you know has an eating disorder, visit the National Eating Disorders Alliance website or call their hotline at (866) 662-1235. Text “ALLIANCE” to 741741 for free 24/7 support.
