'It wasn't about body image': Candace Cameron Bure reveals her bulimia stemmed from 'losing her identity' when she got married
Candace Cameron Bure has opened up about overcoming her struggle with an eating disorder that threatened her life.
The actress, who helped launch the Eating Recovery Center's first Eating Recovery Day on Tuesday, talked about her personal challenges with ET, revealing that the bulimia came from trying to fill a void within herself.
The 40-year-old actress explained: 'I knew I had a problem but again, it's like being on a runaway train and you wanna get off but you don't know how to get off'
Overcoming an eating disorder: Candace Cameron-Bure has opened up about her struggle with Bulimia which she said she suffered with for several years at the start of her marriage
She said the problems arose when she stepped back from the Hollywood spotlight to focus on her marriage to former professional ice hockey player Valeri Bure.
'I kind of lost my identity in a sense and what happened was I turned to food for comfort when my husband was traveling and when I was alone,'
She added that her relationship with food was 'very unhealthy' and that it turned into bulimia.
'I kind of lost my identity': Candace revealed the eating disorder took hold when she took a step back from Hollywood to focus on her marriage to NHL pro Valeri Bure. The couple are pictured at an event on Friday
Healthy and happy: The actress dazzled at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday night
'I dealt with it for several years but it wasn't about body image and trying to feel good - It was about trying to find comfort or fill voids within myself,' she explained
The actress recalled the moment she decided she needed help, which was when she was sitting in church by herself when her husband was away.
'The sermon somehow just spoke to my heart and that's when I went directly to my pastor and said, "I need help."' she said.
Fresh-faced: The actress is seen in a throwback photo that she shared in March alongside Full House co-stars John Stamos and Andrea Barber and her husband Valeri (right). The couple married in 1996
'It felt so good to admit to someone… That was the moment that I went, "I don't want to do this anymore."
Candace said that telling her husband made her nervous because he was a professional athlete and 'such a disciplined person' but that he was very supportive and helped her through the issue.
The actress married Russian-born Valeri, 41, in 1996 and they share daughter Natasha, 17, and sons Lev, 16, and Maksim, 14.
The actress stars in the Netflix Full House reboot, Fuller House, which has been renewed for a second season.
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