Bake Off’s Laura Adlington is praised for opening up about her disordered eating as she admits she has ‘lost family members’ and is trolled every day for her body positive posts

Laura Adlington has been praised for her candid discussion about disordered eating and the impact of trolling. 

The Bake Off star, 33, and fellow body positivity advocate Lauren Smith opened up about their struggles in their Go Love Yourself podcast as they detailed the experiences they have faced as plus sized women. 

Laura – who is a size 26 – admitted she does worry about the health implications her size may bring when she’s older but reasoned: ‘I think a lot of people think when you’re body positive you’re promoting obesity but actually we’re just existing.’ 

Discussing her yo-yo dieting, she continued: ‘I’ve tried every single diet numerous times, tried everything and all that happens is that I put the weight back on and more and feel s***er.’

‘I’m at the point where I think diets don’t work, I don’t want to have bariatric surgery, my options are to try and be a bit healthier and just accept myself and not beat myself up and try and live life to full.’

Laura Adlington has been praised for her candid discussion about disordered eating and the impact of the trolling she receives as a plus size woman in the public eye 

Yet Laura explained that she still does think about weight loss, confessing: ‘Sometimes when there’s a miracle weight loss drug out – like Ozempic – I do get a bit excited but if something sounds too good to be true then it is.

‘I would like to be smaller if I’m being perfectly honest, it would be easier. I think I’d get more work, I think I’d have more energy, but food is a big comfort for me. 

‘I have issues around disordered eating, I hate exercise. I think it’s a mindset thing. 

‘I have come to the conclusion that I’m always going to be bigger but I would like to make healthy choices 

‘I eat to the point where I’m so full, overfull, i think why did I do this to myself and then I hate myself  but that overwhelming feeling of hunger, fighting something down, is a daily battle… 

‘I think it would be dishonest if we didn’t talk about the struggles we face and the pressures we face to lose weight.’ 

Laura revealed last year that she had decided not to have children because she was told to lose 14 stone before starting IVF. 

Admitting she found it strange how ‘moralistic’ people can be when it comes to bigger bodies, she added: ‘Advocating for bigger bodies comes with a huge personal sacrifice: dealing with imposter syndrome, diet culture at work, in my instance losing family members. 

‘It’s not a choice, I wish people would understand that more. I don’t choose to be in this body… I wish there was more support for disordered eating rather than diet and slimming clubs.’ 

Laura revealed she has ‘lost family members’ and is trolled every day for her body positive posts with some accusing her of ‘promoting’ obesity 

Laura and Lauren also detailed the horrific trolling they’ve faced as plus sized people in the public eye.  

The keen baker mused: ‘I feel people think the Be Kind movement isn’t for fat people or more specifically if you don’t find them attractive because you’re “not worthy of it”.

‘I think a lot of people see being fat as a personal failing and it’s your responsibility I get messages all the time saying “just lose weight”.

‘I even had one yesterday which really p***ed me off like “you’re so beautiful please lose weight and look after yourself and get healthy, you’d look even better.”

‘People think you’ve never heard of a diet before. I’m fat, I’m not stupid! It’s wild to me that people have  these unsolicited opinions.

‘Before I was doing this I used to follow people who talked about trolling and I found it a bit boring. I used to think it was part and parcel of the job, part of the territory.

‘But really it’s not easy. It’s daily abuse and it makes you question everything. Question if you are right to do what you do and makes you want to hide away. ‘ 

Laura confessed that she once stayed in bed for three days after stumbling across a website dedicated to trolling and admitted: ‘the lasting impact of that is I found myself second guessing everything I say and it’s not a nice way to live.’

Sharing a snipped of their podcast on Instagram, Laura and Lauren penned: ‘We’ve been having some ✨feelings✨ and we want to talk about them.

‘This podcast is centred around body image and mental wellbeing, and it would be dishonest of us to not address the bad as well as the good.

‘So here’s an honest account about trolling and how we’ve been feeling lately…’

The Bake Off star, 33, and fellow body positivity advocate Lauren Smith opened up about their struggles in their Go Love Yourself podcast

Fans were quick to praise the pair for their candour as they shared their own experiences

Fans were quick to praise the pair for their candour, commenting: ‘Sadly, You are so spot on, if society doesn’t deem you “attractive” they don’t feel you’re worthy’; 

‘I’m only half way through today’s episode and thank you thank you thank you for your openness and honesty. Everything Laura describes resonates with me personally, sometimes I am ashamed by my relationship with my weight and food and it really does help to know I’m not the only one feeling this way. I agree that my life would be massively easier if I were smaller, much like Lauren was describing, but that doesn’t mean your championing those of us in bigger bodies is wrong either. I love you both being part of my little Instagram community, and I really hope those of us who enjoy your content massively outweighs the trolls ❤️❤️’;

‘No-one is going to stand by your graveside and remember you for the size clothes you wore or how small your waist was. You’ll be remembered for how you were as a person and all the great things you got up to. I hate the world right now, it makes me so sad. Love you ladies so much’;

‘@laura.adlington thank you for being so honest. When you talked about how most of your day revolves around an incurable hunger and you eat to your so incredibly full and then feel s**t – that’s me. It meant so much for someone else to say it out loud. What you and Lauren do is so important. Remember that when you read all the hateful comments.’

For help and support with eating disorders, visit www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk

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