Monica Seles Binge Eating Disorder: Tennis Star Opens Up About Her Struggle, ‘I Had Zero Control’ [VIDEO]
Star tennis player Monica Seles recently opened up about her struggle with an eating disorder.
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Seles was one of the top tennis players in the '90s and will be hitting the court on March 10 for a match against Gabriela Sabatini at Madison Square Garden in New York as reported by ABC News Tuesday.
The great athlete, however, has something even bigger going on right now.
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On Tuesday, she tweeted, "Launching #bingeeatingdisorder PSA today".
Launching #bingeeatingdisorder PSA today w/ #Shire, @SunnySeaGold @NEDAstaff @BEDAorg Check https://t.co/OqzeAy2yJ4 #sponsored
— Monica Seles (@MonicaSeles10s) February 3, 2015
In an interview with People on Tuesday, the now 41-year-old revealed plenty about her public service announcement in conjunction with the Binge Eating Disorder Association and National Eating Disorders Association.
"It took a while until I felt comfortable talking about it," she revealed, adding, "That's one of the reasons I decided to do this campaign: to raise awareness that binge eating is a real medical condition."
The tennis player developed the disorder as an adult while dealing with the pressures of being a star athlete, dealing with personal matters like her dad's battle with prostate cancer and her recovery from being stabbed on a tennis court in Germany in 1993.
"My eating was just uncontrollable," Seles stated as she shared what her typical binge consisted of, bags of potato chips, pretzels and cookies.
She explained the eating disorder saying, "It's really eating huge quantities of food in a very short period of time."
Seles admitted she had a hard time coping with accepting her condition.
"It was very hard to understand how on the tennis court, I would be so focused and so disciplined in my training, but when it came to binge eating I had zero control," she shared. "I felt really embarrassed about it."
Now she's doing a lot better and raising awareness to help others by spreading the message about Binge Eating Disorder.
“Now I feel comfortable eating in a social situation and I don't feel the urge to go back to my house or hotel and binge eat," she said, adding, "But I still have it so it's really about learning to manage it."
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