Midlife Fitness Files: Jillian Michaels on calorie counting, ordering take out and HIIT workouts

She lives in Malibu, California with her two children Lukensia, 9 and Phoenix, 7. “As a child, I was overweight - about 170 pounds (12.1 stones) at only 13. I had a lot of issues around food at the time – it was a comfort, it was control, it was the way I bonded with my father. I am 115 pounds now, so over time I lost a third of my body ...