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Skye Wheatley has come under fire for planning to sell fitness and diet programs despite not having any qualifications.
The fitness influencer hit back at those who criticized her, saying she’s qualified as far as she’s concerned because she “knows enough to want to help other people feel good about themselves.”
The former Big Brother star posted on her Instagram Stories on Tuesday asking her followers how many calories they eat per day.
She said she asked because she “needs the data to put something together” that will help her followers.
However, someone called her out for this, saying, “You really need to stay in your lane.” Stop trying to be a nutritionist or a dietitian.”
Skye Wheatley (pictured) has come under fire for planning to sell fitness and diet programs despite having no qualifications
Skye responded to this, writing, “As far as I’m concerned, I’m qualified,” followed by three smiling face emojis.
She then shared a photo of her bare bottom and said, “Booty show coming up.. get ready.”
In her subsequent Instagram Stories, she then admitted that she had no fitness qualifications, despite her plan to release the guide soon.
Alongside a photo of herself posing in a mirror, she wrote: “I may not be qualified either, but I know enough to want to help other people feel comfortable in their own skin and love and embrace their own bodies, but what are you doing? helping others is the question?
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The fitness influencer hit back at those who criticized her, saying she’s qualified as far as she’s concerned
“If everyone waited to have a qualification to help people, we’d all be in conflict.”
This backlash comes just a week after the fitness influencer opened up about struggling with binge eating.
She posted a 10-minute video talking about her struggles and sharing how many calories she would eat during a typical binge.
She got comments on this one, though, because some people said that talking about calories is a trigger for a lot of people struggling with eating disorders, and that’s what her video is focused on.
The influencer emphasized that she has not been diagnosed with binge eating disorder by a medical professional, but that it is something she struggles with.
Skye said despite having no qualifications she “knows enough to want to help other people feel comfortable in their own skin”
‘I’m bothered by my body image and the way my body looks and didn’t have a good relationship with food. I would binge to where I would just sleep… eat to the point of exhaustion,” she said in the video.
“I wanted to share with you how many calories I ate during my last binge session,” she said in the video as she sat in front of chocolate, cupcakes, ice cream, candy, and pizza.
“All this on my table is what I ate on my last binge episode, it wasn’t all of it.”
“This is how many calories I consumed. It was over a day. I had exactly 3,792 calories. I went to Coles and got all my favorite snacks and I started eating.”
Skye added that she went to her mother’s and had a sandwich and then took her two sons, Forest, four, and Bear, one, to McDonalds and ate their leftovers.
“I ate their chips and chicken nuggets, I ate what they didn’t eat,” she said.
“I could have easily fed myself a meal, but I’ve gotten so much better with my control.
“But sometimes I did this three or four days in a row.”
This backlash comes just a week after her fitness influencer opened up about struggling with binge eating
The 28-year-old said she has a much better relationship with food now than she did when she was younger.
“When I was younger and living at home, I did it once a week as an escape,” she said.
“I’ve had bulimia, anorexia, not severe anorexia, but there were stages in my life where I wasn’t eating and it would trigger a binge.
“I haven’t starved myself since I hit puberty. I have a great relationship with food now. I don’t count my calories, I don’t deprive myself.”
The influencer then encouraged her followers to download the My Fitness Pal app, which tracks calories, macronutrients, and micronutrients in food.
Many criticized her for the video, with one person writing, “Is the purpose of this post to raise awareness or to try to be relatable?” I’m really confused. This entire video is the complete antithesis of ED recovery and is steeped in diet culture.”
Another person commented, “Hey girl honey you want to help others which is great but be careful with the info/advice you give as you are not a registered/accredited dietician and I know it can be tricky with what’s inside and beyond the scope of practice to just x heads up.”
The 28-year-old said she has a much better relationship with food now than she did when she was younger
While a third said ‘I also strongly advise you not to scan every item and check the calories as the disordered eating sets in’.
According to Mayo Clinic, binge eating disorder is “a severe eating disorder in which you regularly consume unusually large amounts of food and feel unable to stop eating.”
Symptoms may include dieting without weight loss, feelings of guilt or depression, eating when you are not hungry, eating within a two-hour window.
Anyone needing support with eating disorders or body image issues is encouraged to contact:
Butterfly National Helpline at 1800 33 4673 (1800 ED HOPE) or support@butterfly.org.au
Eating Disorders Victoria Helpline on 1300 550 23
Skye got backlash for talking about calories, as some of her followers said it was triggering for people with eating disorders, and that’s what her video is aimed at
Skye Wheatley Defends Her Plans To Sell Fitness And Diet Programs Despite Having No Qualifications