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- Demi Lovato says people should stop complimenting weight loss.
- The singer said it can be triggering for those in recovery from eating disorders.
- Lovato has been open about their struggles with orthorexia and bulimia in the past.
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Demi Lovato is calling on people to stop complimenting weight loss because it can be damaging for those who struggle with disordered eating.
Personally, Lovato said, every day they fight to remember they're more than their body, which is hard to do when they receive compliments about looking slimmer.
"Idk who needs to hear this but complimenting someone on their weight loss can be as harmful as complimenting someone on their weight gain in regards to talking to someone in recovery from an eating disorder," the singer wrote on their Instagram story on May 23.
Lovato, who recently said they were non-binary and use they/them pronouns, continued: "If you don't know someone's history with food, please don't comment on their body. Because even if your intention is pure, it might leave that person awake at 2am overthinking that statement."
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Lovato, 28, said that sometimes it can feel great to receive those comments, but "only to the loud ass eating disorder voice inside my head" telling them they're more likable when thinner and should eat less to lose more weight.
Receiving compliments for losing weight can leave you wondering what people thought of your body before, Lovato said.
"Moral of the story: I am more than the shell for my soul that is my body and everyday I fight to remind myself of that, so I'm asking you to please not remind me that that is all people see of me sometimes," they wrote.
Lovato has been outspoken about their past experience with eating disorders and earlier this year got into a feud with a frozen yogurt shop over its "diet foods," as Insider's Callie Ahlgrim reported.
In 2018, Lovato told Insider that grappling with disordered eating is "a daily thing," and they have previously struggled with orthorexia and bulimia.