Real Housewives of Miami star and former Dancing with the Stars contestant Joanna Krupa is admitting she has overcome an eating disorder she had during her early modeling days.
The 34-year-old model said she took laxatives when she was 20 because it was the “easy way out.” She said she got depressed when she couldn’t find work as a model when she first moved to Los Angeles from Poland in 1999.
"I gained weight and struggled to lose it quickly in order to pursue my dreams of being a model," she told People. "Being 20 years old, I had no idea how to lose weight fast and laxatives were an easy way out."
She got help and she now maintains her figure the healthy way. "Thank God I didn't hurt myself and stopped,” she said.
“I work out four to five times a week, run, and I do CrossFit. I still worry about being camera ready, but I’m no longer obsessed,” Krupa, a newlywed, also admits, RadarOnline reports. She called herself an “addict” and revealed she “did acupuncture with a Chinese nutritionist and met a guy who was into fitness who taught me that.”
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