Demi Lovato said people should stop complimentingweight loss .- The singer said it could be triggering for people in recovery from
eating disorders . - Lovato has been open about their struggles with orthorexia and bulimia.
Demi Lovato is calling on people to stop complimenting weight loss because it can be damaging for those who struggle with disordered eating.
Lovato said on Instagram over the weekend that every day they fought to remember they're more than their body but that it was 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 Sunday.
Lovato, who said last week that they were nonbinary, 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 2 am overthinking that statement."
Lovato, 28, said that sometimes it could feel great to receive those comments, "but only to the loud ass eating disorder voice inside my head" telling them that they're more likable when they're thinner and that they 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 experience with eating disorders like orthorexia and bulimia. Earlier this year they got into a feud with a frozen-yogurt shop over its "diet foods," Insider's Callie Ahlgrim reported.
In 2018, Lovato told Insider that grappling with disordered eating was "a daily thing."