Kristin Cavallari Opens Up About 'Depriving' Herself of Food in Her Early 20s

Kristin Cavallari is opening up about the personal challenges she faced during her rise to fame.

"In my early 20s, I never had an eating disorder - actually, I probably would say this is a form of an eating disorder," the Hills alum, 39, said while discussing how she got ready for Miami Swim Week during a Tuesday, June 23, episode of her "Let's Be Honest" podcast.

"I was obsessed with food. I was obsessed with it!" she added. "I was obsessed with my weight. I would guilt myself all day, every day, and it was such a horrible way to live."

Cavallari continued, "To see where I've gotten today with real freedom around food, it makes me so happy and I'm so proud. All I wanna do is help other people who have experienced a similar situation."

The Uncommon James founder went on to say that when she was in her early 20s, she "deprived" herself. "Not in a way where I was never eating, I was just eating salads with chicken and nothing else in it. Really bland and basic food and really being hyper aware of what I was putting in my body. But then what I would do is I would drink on the weekends and I would binge eat so I guess that is an eating disorder," she recalled. "Not trying to minimize it! I guess that is an eating disorder. This is the first time that I'm like, ‘Maybe it was.'"

She noted that she was on the "spectrum" of eating disorders. "I think [it's] really common for women because of our society."

Now, she's "hyper aware" of what she's eating, ensuring that she and her children - Camden, 13, Jaxon, 12, and Saylor, 10, whom she shares with ex-husband Jay Cutler - eat "clean" snacks and meals without restricting themselves.

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This story was originally published June 23, 2026 at 1:55 PM.