Sam Attwater has revealed he became bulimic as a young teen after being bullied over his weight. The former EastEnders star - now wowing viewers with his skating moves on Dancing On Ice - said he developed the eating disorder at the age of just 13, when he weighed around 16 stone. "I felt overweight and I wasn't happy with myself, and I didn't want to go to school because of the bullying," he told the Daily Mirror. "So I was just putting loads of salt in water, drinking it and then throwing it up before I went to school. It was also a way of looking as if I was ill, so I wouldn't have to go to school... I didn't do that for long. I know my bulimia could have spiralled out of control but it didn't thankfully." Sam revealed he also developed a gym addiction when he landed a part on Hollyoaks in 2009 - but later stopped going when he got the role of boxer Leon Small in EastEnders last January. "I was addicted. I didn't eat anything bad. I didn't drink. I stopped going out, in fact I was boring," the 24-year-old said. "Looking back, I wasn't fat at all when I started training so hard - it was all about my negative body image at the time. Probably a hangover from when I was fat. "I think I just grew out of it all. Now I'm so busy acting, singing and skating that I'm just enjoying every minute. Now when I look in the mirror I'm happy." Multi-talented Sam - who has just released his own EP - said he's busy concentrating on Dancing On Ice. He added: "I'd love to win, but I have as good a chance as everyone else."
