Season 4

This week, Gillian’s houseguests are 41 year-old driving instructor Tracie Bebbington and 34 year-old, father of two, Nick Shaw.

210 lb Tracie used to be a size 10 but has ballooned to a 20. While her fireman partner eats and exercises his way to fitness, Tracie, whose son calls her ‘Big Bum’, slums it on the sofa. She hates cooking, so rather than eating a proper meal binges on snacks like chocolate on toast and bowl after bowl full of sugary cereal. Her diet isn’t just taking its toll on Tracie’s waistline, it’s wrecking havoc with her digestion and leaving her caught short. She has to dash to the bathroom on average seven times a day, which given her job as a driving instructor, can often be problematic.

Car salesman Nick is 6’ tall and weighs in at 273 lbs. That’s an excess of 84 lbs, and seriously obese, putting him in danger of a heart attack. In a week, Nick will gobble as many as five packets of bacon piling up to eight pieces in a single sandwich. He loves cheese and meat, so much so that when he eats pizza – which he does around five times a week - he piles on extra cheese, bacon and even sausage. Nick’s wife, Sharon, has major concerns for her husband’s health. He already has the fitness levels of someone twice his age, and is too unfit to play with his kids.