Christina RicciChristina Ricci has said she regrets losing some of her teenage years to an eating disorder because she missed out on her life while she was obsessing about her weight.

Christina told Entertainment Tonight recently that growing up as a child-turned-teen actress was difficult: “I was a teenager going through adolescence and at one point I had a little anorexia phase and then I kind of ballooned.”

“I was too busy thinking about my skin or my weight or the clothes I was wearing instead of just enjoying it and saying, ‘I can’t believe I get to be here. This is awesome and I’m going to experience it.’”

“The more weight you give your criticisms, the more it’s going to affect you. Vanity is unnecessary. I’m the most vain person on earth but I have found a way to let that go so I can just have fun. You really have to make a decision in life that you’re not going to be crippled by your insecurities.”

“I feel my body now is the adult Christina and it’s what I should have come to a long time ago if I hadn’t been screwing around with my body so much.”