Former Victoria's Secret model Erin Heatherton has opened up about the pressures she felt to stay skinny whilst working with the popular lingerie brand.
Opening up about the drastic measures she took to continue fitting the image, the 32-year-old recalled resorting to "bathwater meth" whilst working for the brand from 2010 until 2013, per People.
Discussing her experience during an appearance on an upcoming episode of the podcast Fallen Angel, produced by C13Originals and Campside Media, where she revealed that she sought help from a nutritionist.
She recalled the nutritionist prescribing her drugs to help her lose weight during her time as a VS Angel.
Per People, Heatherton says she felt that things started to “go south” when she became 25.
"There was this certain point where everything that I was doing just didn’t yield the same results," she told hosts Justine Harman and Vanessa Grigoriadis in an upcoming episode, according to People.
"I was just a little bit bigger. In retrospect, that’s just biology and how the body works. You’re not the same size when you’re 18 to when you're 25."
Recognizing the harm of the body image pressures now, at the time Heatherton said she was working out and exercising in a desperate bid to upkeep her slim frame.
She also eventually sought help from a "nutritionist to the stars," with the model recalling how the doctor had prescribed her an amphetamine-like diet pill and hormone injections.
“[He] started me on this diet pill called phentermine, which my therapist later called 'bathwater meth,'' Heatherton said, according to Cosmopolitan.
In addition to the appetite suppressant, the doctor also "suggested something this other model did that worked for her," she said, adding that she began injecting herself with HCG, a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin that is produced during pregnancy.
"I started like a diabetic injecting my stomach every morning," she added.
Since leaving Victoria's Secret in 2013, Heatherton said she has done "a lot of work on forgiveness" to help her move past her relationship with the brand.
She explained that she doesn't "have any faith that these people really cared about me."
"You know what I’m saying? It's just about business," she added.
While she admits to no longer being "mad" at the brand, Heatherton did say that she hopes her story will help others.
"I share my story again because I don’t want anyone to have an eating disorder or hate their bodies," she said, according to People.
"I know what that feels like. I speak out only for people that might hear me and think: 'Hey, that makes sense,' or maybe that might change their attitude towards how they treat themselves."