Candace Cameron Bure acquired emotional whereas reflecting on how “harshly” she handled her physique throughout her early years.
On Tuesday’s episode of her eponymous podcast, the “Full Home” alum admitted that she was once “so imply” to herself earlier than turning to the Bible for assist.
Bure stated she has “very vivid reminiscences of being in fifth grade and sixth grade” when she first began to really feel “so dangerous” about her physique.
The actress revealed she has “been on each single weight-reduction plan plan since [she] was 12 years previous,” from Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers to Nutrisystem and extra.
Given her “historical past of consuming problems,” the “Fuller Home” star defined that she has at all times struggled to take care of a wholesome relationship with meals.
Bure, 49, famous that issues solely acquired worse within the ’90s when “tremendous stick skinny” supermodels grew to become the blueprint.
Nevertheless, she broke down in tears whereas recalling an eye-opening dream she had whereas “working by some actually deep points in remedy.”
The “View” alum stated the “random” dream was impressed by a narrative in Numbers 22 within the Bible, concerning a person title Balaam beating his donkey regardless of the mule serving him tirelessly.
The actress likened Balaam’s therapy of the donkey to how she has handled her physique.
“In order that’s the story that’s within the Bible and I get up from this dream one morning and God simply vividly confirmed me that I’ve been like Balaam,” she stated whereas getting teary-eyed.
“I’ve whipped my physique. I’ve spoken to it so harshly. So imply. ‘What are you doing? Why do you look this fashion? Why are you fats? Why can’t you be like each different physique?’”
“After which God allowed my physique to talk again,” she stated by tears. “And my physique stated again to me, ‘Have I not been the physique that’s carried you all the times of your life? Am I not your legs that permit you to stroll? Am I not your arms that permit you to choose up and feed your self?”
Bure stated the “wonderful revelation” led her to query why she handled her physique so “badly.”
“It was the weirdest story out of the Bible that God spoke to me about how imply I’ve been to my physique,” she continued. “And but I simply by no means noticed it that means. It’s like this lovely, wonderful factor that God gave me.”
Bure stated the dream was “so enlightening” for her and he or she was “so grateful” to have had the wake-up name.
“Since that point it’s given me a complete completely different perspective of how I take into consideration my physique. And after I wish to use harsh phrases towards it, or am simply sad with it, I simply take into consideration that story.”
She added, “I take into consideration the gratitude that I’ve for my physique.”
Bure additionally shared the clip on her Instagram, writing, “I used to be so imply to myself… and looking out again, it breaks my coronary heart.💔”
“Studying to talk with kindness to my physique has been a journey, and I do know I’m not alone on this,” she wrote within the caption. “To those that relate — I hope you may really feel me supplying you with the largest digital hug proper now.”
