[reachingflora]

Does anyone else here know of the Youtuber Alivia D'andrea? She blew up on YT for doing a "glow up diaries" series in which she lost weight and went from chubby to skinny. Well it's been over a year since she uploaded on her main channel and her last video was of her at her goal weight:

She stopped uploading on her main channel after that and stuck to doing podcasts on her 2nd channel. She kept saying that she's working on a glow up diaries movie and keeps pushing the premier date back. Didn't upload a single video of herself to YT or a single pic of herself to Instagram. Today, I learned what I already suspected. She gained all the weight back. (I saw a picture that her friend had tagged her in on insta)

What I find strange is how she's tried so hard to hide it. She continues to give motivational speeches and push health food sponsorships on her 2nd channel as if she herself isn't struggling like hell. I'm not sure if she's living in denial or just scared to let fans know that she regained. Ironically, the reason she got so many subs in the first place was because of how raw and real her videos were.

Anyway, I just thought some of you fellow binge eaters would be familiar with Alivia and curious about what happened to her since it's been well over a year. She probably thinks she will be hated on for the regain, but the majority of her community are people who struggle with binging/disordered eating too. She doesn't believe binge eating is an mental disorder though (unless her stance on that has changed). She thinks it's a habit that can be broken with willpower. I guess her constant yo-yoing can also be seen as a cautionary tale in a way. What happens when you lose the weight but didn't work on the mental reasons for your binge eating in the first place.

Oh wow. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. It's not the fact that she's gained weight which baffles me. It's how she's suddenly not "real" and "raw" about her journey now that it's not going in the direction of physical self-improvement anymore. It's completely normal for people to fluctuate in body composition because your body is the vessel that moves you through life and since life changes and has its ups an downs, why should your body be any different? Her of all people would know that. She also knows what kind of people her audience is made up of so it's dissapointing that she's not being open about her eating habits and weight. I understand that she must be very insecure about what’s happening but I don’t believe it's helpful to anyone, not herself or her audience, to keep her situation a secret. Her physical health journey might have improved her mental health as well because the health of mind and body are intertwined, but she never got to the mental roots of her unhealthy eating habits and now they've most likely grown and affected her body once again. I'm curious to see where this goes. I wonder how many people know already?

so well said, thank you for writing/ posting

 

[BeautifulAngels]

This makes me so sad, I think Alivia is genuinely such a lovely girl and is clearly really struggling with her eating disorder. When she left her account for so long I thought it was just because she’s really inconsistent with posting but it makes sense that she gained the weight back. I think unfortunately she was too strict with her diet and is too much of a perfectionist. As a follower I do find it a bit annoying that she’s trying to hide it from us all when her whole channel was about being real and raw. I didn’t know she had another channel but if it’s true she posts ads for diet foods then that’s really messed up that she’s trying to profit off of her followers when she’s not being truthful about the situation. I really hope she goes to therapy and works on her issues and recovers and realises that she’s more than her weight.

 

[BeechRobiniaFir]

I think we all parasocially care about her and genuinely hope she's doing well. And I'm sure she's fitspo/thinspo for a lot of us too. But don't you think this would be extremely triggering for her if she saw this thread? She is still a person. Targeting people like this and weighing in on their ED journey is pretty messed up. I don't think this is something we should try to participate in.

 

[Mindful Lady]

She's very toxic. Because she thinks she can 'heal herself' and tells other people (suffering from mental illnesses) that they can do the same when actual, real THERAPY would be the best course of action for most.

I agree that she is toxic and I don't think its right for her to continue to make money off something that is essentially fake, don't fake it for the views. And it also makes it seem like people with BED just need self control which isn't helpful either.

Everyone is different. The mental health illness theory works as a powerful excuse to indulge again and again for me personally. Also I could never afford therapy; while simple, practical techniques and a pragmatic approach have been effective - not always, and it's still a daily struggle, but the binge cycles seems to become shorter and the weight fluctuations haven't been massive (so far 🤞🤞🤞).

 

[misera]

ahhh. i know this thread hasn't been responded to in awhile, but i was looking up alivia today, as a previous huge fan of season one, and i actually thought to myself that i had a theory she had gained the weight back. struggling with binge eating is real but i wish she would be more honest instead of stringing her viewers along pretending she hasn't gained the weight back and is intent on making season 2. thanks op for posting this!

 

[Choco_Bitch_612]

yeah i saw her on insta live a couple months ago and definitely noticed she gained a significant amount back, not everything tho.
can't say i was surprised

 

[Permanent Sleeper]

Ahh, I Just think she should be honest that she might be doing some of her BED behaviors again and acknowledge her setbacks. I mean I've been here time after time binge, restrict, binge, restrict.... and being honest is definitely the first way to accepting what you're doing.

 

[Nainsi]

I just tried to watch a video of hers a few weeks ago but I just couldn’t really get into the motivational speech and stuff, so I just ended up clicking out of it. I did notice that she wasn’t uploading tho and was wondering where she went. Now I know I guess lol. Can’t blame her either tho, maybe she had a hard time and that’s totally okay. I did too


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[summer19]

Just looked up Alivia again on YouTube and two weeks ago she posted her last podcast episode saying that she's ending the podcast (for now, might go back to it in the future) and is reopening a new YouTube chapter. So, I guess we can expect to see a new video from her soon.

 

[summer19]

Also, does anyone know if Alivia was diagnosed with BED? Because, it feels like she started the "Glow Up Diaries" and was restricting, losing 9 lbs in two weeks or something and then having a "binge." So I always thought her binges were reactive and her ED was restrictive, not BED.

 

[misera]

Also, does anyone know if Alivia was diagnosed with BED? Because, it feels like she started the "Glow Up Diaries" and was restricting, losing 9 lbs in two weeks or something and then having a "binge." So I always thought her binges were reactive and her ED was restrictive, not BED.

as far as i remember, at the beginning of season 2 she kept adamantly denying that she did not have BED. she claimed to have called a therapist/psych line and was told she didnt have BED. but then flipped and said she did have BED, was professionally diagnosed, and managed to "beat it" in season 2. all of this went down in the youtube like, comment section of her channel, where she can make announcements etc. she ended up deleting a lot of it, which also spurned her to delete multiple episodes off of season 2 and seemingly abandon it altogether.

she at the very least has extremely disordered eating, or BED and a refusal to admit it.

 

[Vnmpir3lla]

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[Rylla Rocca Raeve]

Is it just me or...does she not look like she gained weight? At least not all of it, it's probably just that those other girls are skinnier. I saw her in a more recent tagged post with zoeunlimited and she still looked thin? I'd imagine the reason she's been gone so long is because of all the hate she's been getting.

Really? I think it’s quite apparent that she’s gained a significant amount of weight. Her legs are pin-thin on the left and much fuller on the right. She’s beautiful in both photos but very clearly a different size.

 

[rice_cake_queen]

Really? I think it’s quite apparent that she’s gained a significant amount of weight. Her legs are pin-thin on the left and much fuller on the right. She’s beautiful in both photos but very clearly a different size.

But on the right she's sitting and is closer

I do think she probably gained some back but I don't think she went all the way back to how she was before, it didn't seem like her highest weight was where her body wanted to be.

 

[ANØNYMØUS]

Does anyone else here know of the Youtuber Alivia D'andrea? She blew up on YT for doing a "glow up diaries" series in which she lost weight and went from chubby to skinny. Well it's been over a year since she uploaded on her main channel and her last video was of her at her goal weight:

She stopped uploading on her main channel after that and stuck to doing podcasts on her 2nd channel. She kept saying that she's working on a glow up diaries movie and keeps pushing the premier date back. Didn't upload a single video of herself to YT or a single pic of herself to Instagram. Today, I learned what I already suspected. She gained all the weight back. (I saw a picture that her friend had tagged her in on insta)

What I find strange is how she's tried so hard to hide it. She continues to give motivational speeches and push health food sponsorships on her 2nd channel as if she herself isn't struggling like hell. I'm not sure if she's living in denial or just scared to let fans know that she regained. Ironically, the reason she got so many subs in the first place was because of how raw and real her videos were.

Anyway, I just thought some of you fellow binge eaters would be familiar with Alivia and curious about what happened to her since it's been well over a year. She probably thinks she will be hated on for the regain, but the majority of her community are people who struggle with binging/disordered eating too. She doesn't believe binge eating is an mental disorder though (unless her stance on that has changed). She thinks it's a habit that can be broken with willpower. I guess her constant yo-yoing can also be seen as a cautionary tale in a way. What happens when you lose the weight but didn't work on the mental reasons for your binge eating in the first place.

NO WAY THE YT PHILOSOPHER IS HER FRIEND
I've been watching Alivia D'Andrea waaay before her ED, when she was fiercely and posted flexibility and dance videos. Had to stop watching her, she gave me ortho when she started. Literally Ep 1. What tye Health documentary she promoted. Oh well.

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[TheGoofyGoober]

I forgot all about her [emoji28]
Even though she’s whacked, I’d like to see her do a comeback.

 

[Lady_Grey]

I know this is an old post, but I’ve been watching Zoeunlimited and in the second picture Alivia is sitting with her because they’re friends. It must hurt so bad to be sitting next to a YT friend who also capitalized on health and losing weight(though Zoe promotes intermittent fasting and weight lifting) to grow their channel and Zoe has kept it off while she gained some back(though I don’t think she’s gained all of it back. Maybe like ten pounds at the most.). It would destroy me. Poor thing, I hope she’s doing well

 

[Heyhi91]

Is it just me or...does she not look like she gained weight? At least not all of it, it's probably just that those other girls are skinnier. I saw her in a more recent tagged post with zoeunlimited and she still looked thin? I'd imagine the reason she's been gone so long is because of all the hate she's been getting.

My exact thoughts. Although I completely disagree with her and her family's approach to disordered eating and what makes up a "healthy lifestyle", I don't think she's that large. She is just sat next to girls who are very thin/bony. She looks thin/regular, they look bony.

 

[Permanent Sleeper]

I really wonder how things are going now.

 

[NiN83]

She did not gain her weight back.
At the moment, she has an insta reel in Halloween style, in which she looks skinny.