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Nikki Grahame: Anorexia is completely controlling me again

BB star Nikki Grahame speaks out about her 'torment'

Nikki Grahame is 5ft 1in tall

Last year Nikki Grahame was delighted because she'd put on almost half a stone.

At a dress size 4, the Ultimate Big Brother runner-up is hardly ever likely to be described as 'curvy'.

But Nikki felt positively womanly.

'I used to have the figure of an eight-year-old girl, but now I feel a lot more feminine,' she told us.

'I haven't got protruding shoulder or hip bones any more and I've finally got a bottom!

'I weigh almost 6½st, which is nearly the heaviest I've ever been - and I feel great.'

Now, though, Nikki's back in the grip of anorexia.

The Big Brother 2007 contestant, who's fought the eating disorder since she was a young girl, became unwell after a recent operation to remove a bunion.

'I couldn't exercise for 3 months so I started to panic that I'd get fat,' reveals Nikki, 29.

'So I cut my food down by half. 

'Then, as soon as I could, I started exercising to a ridiculous degree.'

Nikki admits she has a 'phobia' of consuming more than 400 calories at a time and is unable to sleep if she hasn't done enough exercise.

'It's completely controlling me,' she says. 'I have to know where and when I'll be eating, at least 2 days in advance, so I can gear myself up mentally. 

'I'm tormented. All I think about is this regimented schedule.'

Nikki is seeking help and has checked herself into an eating disorder clinic. 

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