Jazz Jennings.Photo: John Lamparski/Getty
Jazz Jenningsis opening up about her struggle with binge-eating disorder (BED) after gaining a “substantial amount of weight.”
The transgender activist, 20, posted some before and afterphotoson Friday, sharing she gained “almost 100 lbs. in a little less than 2 years” as she holds herself accountable to change. “As many of you have noticed, over the past few years, I have gained a substantial amount of weight,” she started in the Instagram caption.
“I suffer from binge-eating disorder, a disease in which I’m not only addicted to food, but I eat it in large quantities,” Jennings continued. “My binging, along with an increased appetite I experience from some of the meds I’m on, has caused me to gain almost 100 lbs. in a little less than 2 years. I’m posting this photo because it’s time for me to address my weight gain and hold myself accountable.”
BED is a “severe, life-threatening, and treatable eating disorder” and the most common eating disorder in the United States,accordingto the National Eating Disorder Association.
“I’m ready to change my ways; I’ve been saying I’m ready to turn over a new leaf, but I’m running out of trees now,” Jennings wrote. “I’m ready to take the initiative and create positive changes when it comes to my health and body. I have a fabulous team supporting me, both professionals and family/friends, but at the end of the day, I have to be the one committed toward bettering myself. I know I have the power in me to lose the weight, and I intend on sharing my progress with all of you. Love you all, and thanks for understanding the battle I’m fighting to win.”
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Jazz posted some more before and after photos to her story, writing “beautiful every shape and size” with a recent photo of herself in a tie-dye dress. “Loving you is easy cuz you’re beautiful,” she wrote with another selfie.
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“I really had to just retrain my mind,” Jazzsaidto PEOPLE in 2019 after shehad to lose 30 lbs.in order to undergo gender confirmation surgery. “I had to look at food as something different than what I was looking at it as. Because I used food as a comfort for my emotional struggles. I was a binge-eater. It was really bad.”
source: people.com
