EatingWell:What do you normally eat in a day?
Lawrence:I normally wake up and venture to prepare oatmeal.
When you’re postpartum, you try anything and everything!
Photo: Lawrence: Robin L Marshall/Getty Images. Design: Cassie Basford.
I add Vital Proteins collagen powder into my oatmeal all the time.
If I don’t have oatmeal available, I’ve been really into cereal like Special K with strawberries.
I’ll even use my milk frother and add the collagen powder to the milk.
For lunchtime, right now it’s soup and a sandwich: super easy and quick.
I venture to be really productive with work, so I tend to grab something that’s easy.
I’m English, so I love baked beans and will often have baked beans with my omelet.
That’s our favorite family meal, even my 2-year-old loves it.
So we’ll have something like that with a potato or sweet potato with a vegetable like broccoli.
I also really like to make rice balls.
EatingWell:If I say the word “diet,” what usually comes to mind?
And how does that make you feel?
Lawrence:The word “diet” was, to me, definitely a negative word.
It was detrimental to my mental and physical health growing up with an eating disorder.
EatingWell:What food could you not live without because it makes you feel so good?
Lawrence:Loads of foods.
Burgers, cookies, ice cream … but also I love smoothies.
Those are the foods I enjoy, and I will eat them whenever I want and however I want!
Lawrence:Being open about having an eating disorder and body dysmorphia.
EatingWell:What do you wish you could tell your younger self about body image?
Lawrence:I definitely wish that my happiness and success was not determined by my weight or size.
That you will be loved, you will be worthy no matter what you look like.
EatingWell:What does “eating well” mean to you?
Lawrence:It definitely means being free from the fear of food.
EatingWell:What’s the one thing you hope your fans take away from this interview?
Your size does not determine your worth, and you are worthy to eat.
you oughta eat, you oughta nourish your body.
Continue to choose to treat yourself kindly and go seek help or ask for help.
Asking for help is really important, because you don’t need to go through this on your own.
