Ranvir Singh, 46, admits she has struggled with ‘over-eating’ for 30 years and relies on food to help ‘control’ her emotions
She is one of the most recognizable and outspoken faces on British television. She is open about her past struggles with her weight fluctuations.
And now Ranvir Singh has opened up about how she has spent the past thirty years using food as an emotional crutch and a way to help control how she feels.
According to the 46-year-old presenter of Good Morning Britain, people get the feeling that they eat too much because they are ‘not smart enough’ or ‘less motivated’ than others, while it is more likely to be due to emotional problems.
She said that overeating is “deeper” than “just for the sake of eating,” and that she finds it “the most readily available tool to rely on to avoid feeling uncomfortable.”
ITV star Ranvir Singh has told how she has spent the past 30 years using food as an emotional crutch and a way to help control how she feels
The 46-year-old Good Morning Britain presenter said people are made to feel like they are eating too much because they are not ‘smart enough’ or ‘less motivated’ than others, while it is more likely to be down to emotional issues.
“I may have fallen into the trap of making it seem like all you need to change an eating habit is ‘more knowledge’ and ‘more education,'” she said of her recent social media posts about nutrition and wellness .
“But that’s not entirely true. And thinking like that can make you feel completely stupid, like you’re somehow not smart enough to be ‘better’ or that you’re ‘less motivated’ than someone else.”
She added on Instagram: ‘The whole truth is that I have discovered that food is the most readily available tool I can rely on to keep me from feeling uncomfortable – of any kind. Even the discomfort of being ‘happy’.
“And this has gone on for more than 30 years.”
Ms Singh said she had spent “a lot of time” and “a lot of effort” trying to “learn to manage my emotions and build the confidence in myself that I can get through anything without having to rely on food to help me .’
She said she is still “trying to learn this” and is “just at the beginning” of her journey.
The presenter, who competed on Strictly Come Dancing in 2020, announced the year before that she was splitting from her husband Ranjeet Singh Dehal.
She is now in a relationship with Louis Church, 28, a Strictly producer whom she met while taking part in the BBC dance competition.
She said overeating is “deeper” than “just for the sake of eating” and that she finds it “the most readily available tool to rely on to avoid feeling uncomfortable.”
She is in a relationship with Louis Church, 28, a Strictly producer who she met while taking part in the BBC dancing competition
Meeting: Ranvir and Louis first met when he was working as a production secretary on Strictly last year, in which she competed with Giovanni Pernice (Ranvir and Giovanni in the show)
In January she told how she had gained a stone and a half since Church moved in because she was ‘constantly eating’ when she was tired.
“I’m 35 pounds overweight. That’s because of my hangover, because I eat all the time when I’m tired,” she told the Telegraph.
‘It’s not just New Year’s when I decide to overhaul my diet and fitness regime – it’s every Sunday night.
‘I’m going to the local gym for an hour of spinning. I wish I hadn’t given up dancing after Strictly, but it just didn’t fit in with my day.’