Ellie says she was addicted to exercise

Singer Ellie Goulding says she was addicted to exercise, which took over her life. Within an interview with SUNLIGHT, the singer, 33, opened up about how she felt she had to visit the gym everyday and how her husband and former Olympic rower Caspar Jopling helped her overcome her addiction, reports dailymail.co.uk. 

"I don't consider myself with an addictive personality but I felt as if I did at one point have a gym habit that was just not fun, I felt I had to visit the gym every single day," Goulding said.

"I have no idea whether it had been a survival thing, because touring was so tiring, so difficult, really taxing on your own body as well as your mental health. I felt as if it had been a survival instinct to be training at all times, making sure I was super fit, super healthy and tried to counteract having drinks on tour as well as perhaps not eating very well," she added. This past year, Goulding shared that she nearly quit music after 10 years of touring left her with anxiety. 

She took a four-year hiatus after her 2015 album but Caspar, 28, helped her "rediscover" her passion and create a wholesome relationship with exercise. The singer said she saw "touring as true to life" but felt really "inspired by Caspar's amazing willpower and determination".