An anorexic man who once weighed just six stone has transformed himself - into an 18 stone bodybuilder.
When Ollie Orchard, now 22, first stepped into a gym at 18, he weighed less than six stone.
Fast forward four years and Ollie has tripled his body weight after discovering working out and a healthy diet.
Ollie, from Bristol, said: "I shaved my hair off, took out my piercings
and started lifting weights, it was a move that saved my life."
Ollie suffered from anorexia secretly for four years, consuming minimal calories, that were barely enough to survive.
He said: "It started when I was about 14 years-old with anorexia and as it progressed it just got uglier.
"I was an Emo kid with long hair and piercings and I was going to be as skinny as I could," he said. "Not eating was part of the fashion, it's a big thing, it dictates a lifestyle."
Despite passing out from lack of eating, Ollie was able to convince himself everything was fine when actually he was putting his life in real danger.
Ollie said: "I was disgusted by food, it repulsed me.
"I picked up on the sound of people eating. If I saw people eating I would wonder how they could do it.
"For me it was all about being as small as I could. It was a form of control. It was an addiction.
"It was weird. I enjoyed it, I revelled in it. It was about pushing myself as far as I could.
"I would pass out through lack of eating but I would convince myself it was fine. Nobody could convince me otherwise."
But when he was 18 Ollie, prompted by his doctor and a former
girlfriend, went to the gym and found a new 'addiction' - one he could
focus on without putting his life at risk.
There he met a strength coach and after initially putting some meat on his bones started to lift some weights.
Currently in the off season he now takes on board 5,000 calories a day six days a week and up to 10,000 calories on a Sunday when he treats himself to fast food.
Ollie said: "You are very alienated with anorexia and although there are people in the gym it is still very much a personal journey.
"I started by barely being able to lift 5kg because I was so small so I had to first work at putting some meat back on my bones.
"I started reading body building mags and based my diet around that so would eat things like oats and egg whites but also started eating food like ice cream.
"It was tough on my stomach because it had been so small but I was determined to put weight on."
Ollie put on 10st in that first year of training and in his first bodybuilding competition, he placed second in the junior class and went on to compete in the British finals.
Ollie said: "I'm fit and healthy and focussing on doing something to my body that does not put my life at risk.
"Eating disorders are a bigger problem than people realise and all I would say is try and find something that can give you the same control and satisfaction.
"For me it was bodybuilding because I need the focus of the training and meals but anything that helps you beat it can only be a good thing."
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When Ollie Orchard, now 22, first stepped into a gym at 18, he weighed less than six stone.
Fast forward four years and Ollie has tripled his body weight after discovering working out and a healthy diet.
Ollie, from Bristol, said: "I shaved my hair off, took out my piercings
and started lifting weights, it was a move that saved my life."Ollie suffered from anorexia secretly for four years, consuming minimal calories, that were barely enough to survive.
He said: "It started when I was about 14 years-old with anorexia and as it progressed it just got uglier.
"I was an Emo kid with long hair and piercings and I was going to be as skinny as I could," he said. "Not eating was part of the fashion, it's a big thing, it dictates a lifestyle."
Despite passing out from lack of eating, Ollie was able to convince himself everything was fine when actually he was putting his life in real danger.
Ollie said: "I was disgusted by food, it repulsed me.
"I picked up on the sound of people eating. If I saw people eating I would wonder how they could do it.
"For me it was all about being as small as I could. It was a form of control. It was an addiction.
"It was weird. I enjoyed it, I revelled in it. It was about pushing myself as far as I could.
"I would pass out through lack of eating but I would convince myself it was fine. Nobody could convince me otherwise."
But when he was 18 Ollie, prompted by his doctor and a former
girlfriend, went to the gym and found a new 'addiction' - one he could
focus on without putting his life at risk.There he met a strength coach and after initially putting some meat on his bones started to lift some weights.
Currently in the off season he now takes on board 5,000 calories a day six days a week and up to 10,000 calories on a Sunday when he treats himself to fast food.
Ollie said: "You are very alienated with anorexia and although there are people in the gym it is still very much a personal journey.
"I started by barely being able to lift 5kg because I was so small so I had to first work at putting some meat back on my bones.
"I started reading body building mags and based my diet around that so would eat things like oats and egg whites but also started eating food like ice cream.
"It was tough on my stomach because it had been so small but I was determined to put weight on."
Ollie put on 10st in that first year of training and in his first bodybuilding competition, he placed second in the junior class and went on to compete in the British finals.
Ollie said: "I'm fit and healthy and focussing on doing something to my body that does not put my life at risk.
"Eating disorders are a bigger problem than people realise and all I would say is try and find something that can give you the same control and satisfaction.
"For me it was bodybuilding because I need the focus of the training and meals but anything that helps you beat it can only be a good thing."
Sports bodybuilding heals a young man from disease loss of appetite and turns it into a great hero muscles.
The longer a miracle may enable the transformation of a young man from no more than slight man weighing 40 kg suffering from anorexia to a young Muftola muscle after he joined the lounge lifting weights.
Application for fans of bodybuilding
Was "the first Orchard" 18-year-old when he joined the hall and succeeded during the 4 years of transforming his entire life and become young athletic body and strong muscles is not suffering from any eating disorders or loss of appetite, according to the newspaper "Daily Mail" British.
Weighing in at "Orchard" is currently 114 kg, has decided to focus on sports and work consumes daily 5 thousand calories to maintain ideal body,
Diet guide for beginners in the sport of bodybuilding
He said, "Orchard" that his battle with eating disorders began at the age of 14, where he began to starve himself to become "Imo" But it became worse after that where it became too much to lose consciousness and become a matter for the disease.
But he was able to get rid of all this at the age of 18 after visiting the showroom lifting weights on the advice of former girlfriend's father, who works as a doctor, where he met coach encouraged him to exercise and increase the weight to become this way.
Sports bodybuilding heals a young man from disease loss of appetite and turns it into a great hero muscles.
The longer a miracle may enable the transformation of a young man from no more than slight man weighing 40 kg suffering from anorexia to a young Muftola muscle after he joined the lounge lifting weights.
Application for fans of bodybuilding
Was "the first Orchard" 18-year-old when he joined the hall and succeeded during the 4 years of transforming his entire life and become young athletic body and strong muscles is not suffering from any eating disorders or loss of appetite, according to the newspaper "Daily Mail" British.
Weighing in at "Orchard" is currently 114 kg, has decided to focus on sports and work consumes daily 5 thousand calories to maintain ideal body,
Diet guide for beginners in the sport of bodybuilding
He said, "Orchard" that his battle with eating disorders began at the age of 14, where he began to starve himself to become "Imo" But it became worse after that where it became too much to lose consciousness and become a matter for the disease.
But he was able to get rid of all this at the age of 18 after visiting the showroom lifting weights on the advice of former girlfriend's father, who works as a doctor, where he met coach encouraged him to exercise and increase the weight to become this way.