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.
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.
