Utter the word “lockdown” and you might conjure memories of the living room couch, endless scrolling through TikTok and ordering more takeout than you’d care to admit.

Life during a pandemic started off the same way for Kyle White, a 28-year-old from Old Perlican, N.L.

But it took worldwide upheaval for White to turn his own life around.

“A little over a year ago, I stepped on the scale and I was around 430 pounds,” White said from his home in