After years of trying to slim down, Guardian reporter Madeleine Eggeler did a 180 and decided to ‘bulk’. Gaining weight, or gaining weight for the purpose of getting stronger, challenged everything she had been taught about her body, and changed her relationship with food. Madeleine talks to Carter Sherman about her body image struggles, and
Reaching personal breaking point is often the catalyst for lasting change. For Wes Whittaker, a 37-year-old father from Indiana, his breaking point came in the form of a 95-pound weight loss journey. After reaching her heaviest weight, Whittaker lacked energy, suffered frequent migraines, felt short of breath with routine activities and felt a growing sense
Derrick Whibley almost drank himself to death. In 2014, the frontman of the famous pop punk band Sum 41 found himself in the hospital because his liver and kidneys had stopped functioning due to excessive alcohol consumption. Luckily, Whibley survived, and after a long road to recovery, he is now able to do all the