Britney Spears not eating to prove she’s ready to control own life again

Britney Spears is reportedly desperate to lose weight because she believes it’ll prove she’s back to normal.

The singer’s weight yo-yoed during her troubles following the end of her marriage in late 2006 and after she was hospitalised on mental holds twice in less than a month, she was placed under a conversation order, meaning her dad Jamie Spears and lawyer Andrew Wallet had complete control over her life: her medical welfare, financial assets and her social activities. At first Britney was said to have accepted the arrangement - especially as it allowed her to regain access to her sons - but over the last few months as she’s been making her pop comeback, she’s been getting more and more frustrated about the restrictions.

A source told the People newspaper that her new plan sees her skipping breakfast and dinner to show people she’s healthy physically and mentally again now: “Britney thinks that if she doesn’t eat much she will lose weight, then people will notice.

“Then she thinks she will get to make her own decisions once again.

“She reckons she is better now so fails to see why her dad is still meddling in her life.

“All he is doing is looking out for her but she doesn’t see it like that. She thinks he is doing it to be irritating.”

But the source added that she’s risking taking it too far - especially considering how much she’s been exercising recently while rehearsing dance routines: “She is working hard to get her life back on track but doesn’t realise that her current behaviour could halt all that.

“She has been told to eat but is refusing so is starting to look very skinny indeed.”