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Sadie Robertson Huff Puts Her Identity In Christ Amid Body Image Struggles

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Sadie Robertson Huff Puts Her Identity In Christ Amid Body Image Struggles

By Movieguide® Staff

Author and outspoken Christian Sadie Robertson Huff recently opened up about a childhood spent in the public spotlight during her time on DUCK DYNASTY.

“Being on camera, in general, can definitely make you be pretty nitpicky on what your body looks like because you see yourself on camera so much and people comment on your body so much that you’re hyper-aware of what it looks like,” Huff told Yahoo Life.

However, it wasn’t until her run on DANCING WITH THE STARS in 2014 that she began to struggle with body image and how people perceived her online.

“My body just whipped into shape very fast. Everyone started noticing that my body looked good, I guess, and commenting on that,” she said. “I think that that happens to a lot of people. I think when people make comments on people like, ‘You’re in incredible shape’ or ‘You look so good,’ they mean it out of good intention. But sometimes if you’re not in a healthy spot, you can take that as a pressure to maintain it.”

“It led me down some very unhealthy patterns when it came to what I ate, what I thought about my body,” she added.

In 2017, Huff shared about her eating disorder on her blog:

It was like I was looking in a magic mirror, you know, those ones that distort the image? Except it was my mind changing what I saw. My thoughts instantly went to the imperfections. The blemishes. The flaws. At least five times a day, I would wrap my hands around my thighs, making sure they hadn’t grown beyond what I could reach. I knew each little calorie that was in every bite of food I took. I talked about food all of the time.

Huff realized she was failing to listen to what she preached to her thousands of followers.

“During this time I helped lead others into victory over their battles – but little did they know, I was staying behind on the battlefield,” her blog post read.

In her times of struggle, Huff said that she fell back on her faith and her identity in Christ.

“Whenever I was struggling with an eating disorder, I leaned on the words that Jesus says that actually I am loved and that I’m not too far gone,” she told Yahoo Life, “and not only can I forgive other people but I can forgive myself and move on.”

Huff, who recently had her first child, Honey, said that pregnancy also shifted her perspective on body image last May.

“The gift of pregnancy is such a miracle and I was just so blown away by the fact that that was happening inside of me that I don’t even think I had time to think about what it looked like,” she said. “Perspective can kill you or perspective can make you. I threw up every single day from week 7 to week 24. It’s not like I had this perfect pregnancy, but at the end of the day, gratitude defeats many feelings of fear and many feelings of insecurity that you might have.”

“She’s my greatest inspiration when it comes to all things because I just know that if we don’t make a change in our world, then it will be no different for her, it will be harder for her,” Huff said of her daughter. “I am just so thankful that I have a platform and that I’m able to hopefully create some change in the world.”

Huff recently released a book on the influence of social media called “Who Are You Following? Pursuing Jesus in a Social Media-Obsessed World.”

Movieguide® previously reported:

In her book, Robertson Huff discusses how social media can negatively affect teenagers and young adults who place their identity in what they see online instead of in Christ.

In an excerpt released on her Instagram, Robertson Huff explores the topic of seeking approval on social media: “How do you go from liked to loved?”

“While the Like button has trained us to be likable,” Huff writes. “It has prevented us from feeling truly loved. We post our curated lives and edit our true feelings and struggles to maximize the rewards.”

“The desire to be liked in such a way that we filter who we truly are is moving us away from feeling loved because it is making it impossible for us to be truly known,” she continued.

Robertson also revealed that her inspiration for writing the book came after the birth of her first daughter, Honey.

“I dedicated this book to Honey,” she wrote in a separate Instagram post. “The girl who held me accountable to every word I wrote as she was in my belly or in my arms right there with me through the process. The girl who reminded me that their is a generation coming who will be affected by the people we choose to be influenced by and the ones [we] choose follow.”

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.