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Real Housewives star Gretchen Rossi: How I overcame bulimia
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Gretchen Rossi, the stunning blonde star of the Real Housewife of Orange County, suffered from bulimia since high school but has recovered, thanks to therapy and self-acceptance.
"I got healthy," reveals Rossi, 31. "I was a lot heavier back in high school and in college. I wasn’t even fat, I was only 130 pounds. But compared to what I look like now at 115 pounds, I thought I looked fat."
Gretchen, who recently made headlines after a series of racy nude and semi-nude photos were leaked
online this summer, says recovering from an eating disorder wasn't easy.
"My best friend busted me in the bathroom, and then my parents found out," Rossi says in the new issue of InTouch. "That’s when I decided to seek therapy."
She adds: "I decided that I was going to make a difference, and I went and got my personal training license and nutritional license. Then I worked as a personal trainer, nutritionist and aerobics instructor."
Gretchen--who frequently flaunts her enviable bikini body on the Real Housewives of Orange County--says she still hates her thighs.
"I hate my legs," she says. "I have just always wanted skinnier thighs. My thighs kill me!" So what body part does she like? "My boyfriend, Slade [Smiley says] my butt is my best feature, so I try and make sure my butt looks cute in whatever I have on."
The superfit Gretchen works out regularly and exercises portion control to maintain her svelte figure. "I don’t count calories or cut sugar out," she says. "I have a little taste of everything, then, for the next three days, I’ll be really careful."
Unlike her other co-stars, Rossi doesn't have breast implants and says her body is 100% natural (a rarity for Orange County). "I have not had any plastic surgery whatsoever," she says. "This is the best weight I’ve ever been at, and this is the best I feel like I’ve ever looked."
She adds: "I feel toned and healthy and good. And it took a little bit to get to that place, but I’m grateful I’m finally at that place."
The Real Housewives of Orange County airs Thursdays on Bravo.
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