Mayim Bialik: The Big Bang Theory star suffered from eating disorders

Mayim Bialik
"The Big Bang Theory" star suffered from eating disorders

Mayim Bialik in Los Angeles

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Mayim Bialik from "The Big Bang Theory" first spoke about eating disorders she was battling on her podcast.

Mayim Bialik (45) spoke about her fight against eating disorders for the first time in her podcast "Mayim Bialik's Breakdown". You have eaten too much compulsively and is anorexic, said the "The Big Bang Theory" star, among other things in an interview with bestselling author Glennon Doyle (44). "This is the first time I've talked about it," said the actress. People asked her why she was overweight and the answer was, "Well, because I'm an obsessive-compulsive overeating person, not just an anorexic". She has been doing better for two years and is recovering from the eating disorders, she also explained.

Elsewhere, Bialik revealed: "I eat too much when no one is looking", and later added, "I eat so I don't have to feel anything". The 45-year-old, who has been in therapy since she was 17, also said on the podcast that she was once told she was "brave" that she was 30 pounds overweight in a movie … She's trying that Not to let pressure on her that she had to be a few pounds lighter "for Hollywood standards," said the actress. Another good resolution of hers is not to listen to stylists who advised her to use more color, but to wear more black, which she likes best.

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