Star Shocked by Changing Body as a Teenager

That's pretty much what the lede read where I found this on AOL today.

Anyway, from an interview with House's Lisa Edelstein:
In spite of her health-conscious eating habits from a young age, Edelstein still experienced a shock when she hit puberty later in her teen years. "When I was 19, I went from a size zero to a size 10 in six months," Edelstein told Prevention. "My boobs and my butt grew 3 and a half sizes. Suddenly, I was this voluptuous woman, and I had no idea what to do with my body. I hated it. Eating was so much fun until then. (Now) you sort of have to learn how not to eat potato chips."

To counter her drastically-changing body, the actress has always been active, and has been "doing Mysore [mahy-sawr] style Ashtanga yoga for 14 years. I like it because it's a self-practice-everyone's doing the practice they've learned. The teacher only gives you another pose because you're ready for it."
The idea that you have to counter a body that might be making natural changes blows me away.

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