Approaching fifty, struggling with his mental health and wildly overweight, Chip Boyce knew he had to take drastic action for the sake of his health - and sanity. 'People say, "hey, you could do a pull up in just a few months", and they're correct,' he said. 'For the last couple of years, I've been struggling a little bit with my mental health,' he said. Sally Baker, Senior therapist and author of The Getting of Resilience from the Inside Out, said: 'Some of his ideas for promoting better mental health and losing weight can be effective. It's been proven that loneliness can shorten one's life, so living with little human contact is a definite challenge that could impact one's mental health.

Source: Daily Mail January 18, 2026 12:03 UTC