Kristin Cavallari Reflects on Restrictive Eating in Her 20s

Cavallari said she was not starving herself or making herself vomit, but believed her experience fell somewhere on a spectrum of disordered eating. She added that the idea of a spectrum can itself be a problem, and said the pattern is common among women because of societal pressures.

“I was obsessed with food. I was obsessed with my weight,” she said. Her diet was “bland,” she recalled, and she was “hyper aware” of everything she ate, often eating chicken and salad. She said drinking on weekends could lead to binge eating before she returned to restrictive habits. “I’m not trying to minimize it… This is sort of the first time that I’m like, ‘maybe it really was,’” she said.

Cavallari said she now values “freedom” around food, adding that people can eat what they want if it is “really clean and good quality.” In 2020, she said her kitchen was stocked with organic food; she mentioned grass-fed butter and bacon, as well as macaroni and cheese made with whole-wheat pasta.

The former Laguna Beach cast member is now an entrepreneur and podcast host. She runs Uncommon Beauty, an offshoot of her Uncommon James line. The article also notes that Lady Gaga, Demi Lovato, Lily Collins and Amelia Gray have spoken publicly about eating disorders or disordered eating.