{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69f1f631d7e73f5a692d1d3c/6a63bf2464a9bc088186eb7a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"She spent years trying to be thin. What happened when she bulked instead?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69f1f631d7e73f5a692d1d3c/1784922598319-c6307775-2a90-43c5-a780-6ba64cc81bbb.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>After years of trying to be skinny, Guardian reporter <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/profile/madeleine-aggeler\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Madeleine Aggeler</a> did a 180 and decided to 'bulk'. Bulking, or gaining weight on purpose to get stronger, challenged everything she had been taught about her body, and transformed her relationship to food. Madeleine speaks to <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/profile/carter-sherman\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Carter Sherman</a> about her owns body image struggles, and they discuss why strength training and weightlifting has become so popular for women. Is this actually healthy, or just an extension of toxic diet culture?</p>","author_name":"The Guardian"}