INTERVIEW RIN HAMBURGH PHOTOGRAPH SEAN MALYON \
For as long as I can remember, I thought I was too big. Over the years, I’ve had many periods of trying to lose weight, and of looking at myself and feeling terrible. At school, I genuinely thought that, if I was thinner, I’d be more popular. And there were periods when I was thinner, but I still wasn’t happy. And there were times when I’d overeat to the point where I wondered whether I had an eating disorder.
Then, about three years ago, I came across a video on Facebook. A woman was asking, ‘Do you eat for emotional reasons? Do you feel guilty about what you eat? Do you find it hard to stop eating?’ And I thought, ‘Yes, that’s me!’