{"id":1622,"date":"2026-05-17T19:23:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2026-05-17T19:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T19:23:53","slug":"nicola-mclean-has-eating-disorder-relapse-after-feeling-out-of-control-during-lockdown-and-her-weight-has-plummeted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/?p=1622","title":{"rendered":"Nicola McLean has eating disorder relapse after feeling \u2018out of control\u2019 during lockdown and her weight has plummeted"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n
\n
\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

NICOLA Mclean has opened up how the coronavirus lockdown caused her to relapse with her eating disorder.<\/p>\n

The TV personality, 38, revealed she started feeling \u201cout of control\u201d when certain foods were not available in the shops because of panic buying at the start of lockdown.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Nicola Mclean, 38, has battled eating disorders since the age of 11<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This lead the mum-of-two to start \u201climiting\u201d what she ate because of \u201cfear.\u201d<\/p>\n

The WAG told New! magazine: \u201cI definitely limit it [food] and lost weight.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the fear of eating things I wouldn\u2019t normally eat.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s mainly a control thing \u2013 feeling so out of control and then feeling like you\u2019ve got to control and restrict.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
The mum-of-two said she felt \u2018out of control\u2019 during the coronavirus lockdownCredit: Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eating disorder charity, Beat, has recorded a 50% surge in demand for its services as people struggle during the coronavirus lockdown and has set up a\u00a0specialised support service<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nicola first started battling\u00a0anorexia<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0bulimia<\/a>\u00a0at the age of 11, and was then later diagnosed with body dysmorphia.<\/p>\n

Her recent relapse is not her first, she admitted\u00a0she \u201cstarved herself\u201d following the birth of her second son<\/a>, Striker, in March 2010, and appearing on Celebrity Big Brother in 2012 triggered it again.<\/p>\n

But Nicola feared her latest replapse was coming after she\u00a0 was sexually assaulted by a masseur in her own home last year.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
She\u2019s not alone, with eating disorder charities seeing a 50% jump in demand for their servicesCredit: Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The I\u2019m A Celeb contestant opened up for the first time last month about the\u00a0horrific assault<\/a>\u00a0and it took the lockdown for her to tell her story.<\/p>\n

Nicola, 38<\/a>, said: \u201cI\u2019ve seen all the statistics about domestic \u00adviolence and abuse going up during lockdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like I couldn\u2019t escape that day and I can\u2019t imagine being in that situation day after day, feeling like you can\u2019t get away. I want to say to anyone out there being abused \u2014 you can escape.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mother of two has suffered nightmares, severe anxiety and the return of an eating disorder since the attack last year.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
The WAG opened up about a sexual assault she experienced last yearCredit: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is just over a year since Nicola decided to have an \u00a318,000 \u201cmummy makeover\u201d, with new 32FF boobs and liposuction.<\/p>\n

To aid her recovery, she was advised to have regular lymphatic drainage massages after the \u00adfat-removing procedure. It meant she invited the man who would assault her into her home.<\/p>\n

She said:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve spoken about my anxiety and eating disorders before and this has added to everything. There have been times when I felt it was my fault or, \u2018Why me?\u2019<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
She worried the trauma from the assault would trigger a relapse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\n
\n

Signs and symptoms of anorexia according to BEAT charity<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n