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Shawn Johnson Recalls ‘Dark Spiral’ Before Recovering From Her Eating Disorder

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Shawn Johnson opened up about her past eating disorder to her YouTube followers and revealed how she recovered following “self-image issues” brought on by being an elite gymnast.The gold medalist, 28, recalled her rocky road to self-acceptance during her “body image issues: 110 lbs to pregnant” video posted on Saturday, June 27.Johnson, who is now married and has an 8-month-old daughter, revealed that when she was training for the 2008 Olympics she restricted herself to 700 calories a day and would often pass out while at practice.“One of the things that was, I guess, a sacrifice and a cost of the sport was my perfectionism,” she explained, noting she took her own perfectionism too far both in and out of the gym.“As soon as the Olympics.

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