Meghan Trainor Was ‘Addicted to Diets’ Before Embracing Her Curves

Epic Records(NEW YORK) — Before she was singing about “bringing booty back” and embracing her curves, Meghan Trainor had to fight low self-esteem just like the rest of us. The 21-year-old singer admitted to U.K.’s Reveal that she used to be “addicted to diets,” and tried to follow Beyonce’s weight-loss secret.

Meghan tells the publication that her insecurities began in school when her best guy friend told her she’d be “so hot” if she lost ten pounds. She said she rushed home and told her mom she was “never eating again.” That’s when she started researching fad diets online.

“I Googled, ‘What does Beyonce do?’ and decided I’d try the detox diet with cayenne pepper,” Meghan recalled. “Do you know how much I had to drink to get used to it? It was so gross. I stopped straight away. I was like, ‘This is not normal.’”

Meghan said she’s since met Beyonce, who’s a fan of her music, and credits her for having a “real figure” in a business where many women feel they have to be skin and bones.

“I definitely feel like I’m 30 and I’ve been through a lot,” the 21-year-old singer said. “I haven’t experienced anything crucial or devastating. But I got addicted to weird little diets and I quickly realized how stupid it was.”

Meghan said that when she first wrote her #1 Grammy-nominated hit “All About That Bass,” it was more about how she wished she felt, rather than how she actually felt, about her body. But once she started performing and getting positive feedback, she says, she started to feel more confident.  Now, she encourages her friends to love their bodies.

“I’m just 100 percent happier than I was,” she said. “The trick I tell my girlfriends now is that you have to say it out loud. You haven’t got to nearly kill yourself on these diets. You just have to look in the mirror and tell yourself, ‘Damn I look good today!’”

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