Whitney Port had “no idea” she “weighed as little” as she did until she stepped on the scale.
The “Hills” star called the moment an “eye-opener” in Tuesday’s episode of her “With Whit” podcast, explaining, “once you see the numbers, the numbers can’t lie.”
Port, 38, noted, “In my head, I didn’t think it was as big of a deal as it actually was, and I still don’t really. But I do think I’m clearly not eating enough and that how I look right now does not look healthy. It’s not how I want to look.
“I complain a lot about my lack of energy,” she continued. “Part of that stems from not giving myself what it actually needs.”
The former reality star asked her fans not to “worry” because she plans to “eat thoughtfully” and “put the right things in [her] body,” as well as “work out in a way that will build muscle.”
She promised, “I’m on it, guys. … I don’t think it’s as big of an issue as it may seen.”
Last week, the “City” star admitted in an Instagram Story post that her husband, Tim Rosenman, was “worried” about her being “too thin” and “too lazy” to eat enough.
Port, who shares 6-year-old son Sonny with the producer, called it “unacceptable” to set such an “unhealthy example” and not make her health “priority.”
In the wake of her honest social media upload, past interviews resurfaced in which the fashion designer revealed she had “never tried pasta before” and was only eating 1,000 calories daily at one point in her life.
Port addressed those statements Tuesday, calling the focus on them “salacious.”
She clarified that the lack of pasta in her life was “just a pure texture thing,” claiming, “It has nothing to do with nutrition and that it can be a cause of weight gain.”
As for her calorie intake, she said the restriction stemmed from seeing herself on TV and being “a little bit shocked” by how “pudgy” she looked onscreen.
“That started maybe a slippery slope of some control issues over what I look like,” Port recalled.
After the YouTuber thanked her followers for their “wonderful” and “thoughtful” concern about her current weight, she noted that some of her “best friends [had been] meaning to talk to [her] about it” as well.
“I feel OK,” Port said of going public with her struggles. “It’s a bit much with all the incoming [commentary] … but it’s all so beautiful.”
