0:00:01 > 0:00:04Two sets of very different teenage sisters
0:00:04 > 0:00:06living two very different lifestyles
0:00:06 > 0:00:08are taking part in a unique life swap.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Hello! Hello.
0:00:11 > 0:00:1312-year-old Jenni Whewell
0:00:13 > 0:00:17and her 18-year-old sister Bonnie are struggling with exercise...
0:00:17 > 0:00:20I don't do anything sporty.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21..their diets...
0:00:21 > 0:00:24I eat all this different kind of junk food.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Kebabs, burgers, chocolate.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28..and their weight.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31I've gone up from a size 8, to 10, to a 14.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35But Bonnie and Jenni are not alone.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Because Welsh teenagers are the most overweight in Western Europe,
0:00:38 > 0:00:42and 75% of those fighting the flab are girls.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48In a week-long experiment, Bonnie and Jenni have swapped lives,
0:00:48 > 0:00:51lifestyle and parents with the Thompson sisters.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Rosie, 15, and Eva, 13, are super healthy,
0:00:57 > 0:01:00super active and very conscious of what they eat.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03I don't like takeaway food.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05You just suffer from eating it.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08If it's curry, I start feeling sick.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13But can the Thompson family inspire the Whewells, and us,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16to overcome our national battle with the bulge?
0:01:28 > 0:01:30It's just 24 hours into the seven-day experiment
0:01:30 > 0:01:34that is the Swap, and already, faultlines have been showing.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Girls, this is some of the meal planners.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40In Cardiff, Bonnie and Jenni Whewell agreed
0:01:40 > 0:01:43to embrace the Thompson household's strict regimes.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47My kids will have told you I'm a bit of a control freak.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52But Bonnie's been struggling with the physical side of things.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53My bum is killing.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Oh, I should be way fitter than this.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57And Jenni's fussy food habits...
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Do you like tomatoes? Nope.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Pears? Nope.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Strawberries? Nope.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Try it, you've got to try stuff. Nope, I'm not eating it.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08..are causing friction.
0:02:08 > 0:02:09Fine.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Whilst in Abersychan, far from helping the Whewell parents
0:02:12 > 0:02:14address their unhealthy lifestyles...
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Burgers? Erm, onions?
0:02:16 > 0:02:21..sisters Rosie and Eva Thompson appear to have gone native.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24The chicken looks nice, I might go for that first.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27But the burgers look nice.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29The steak was amazing, it was the best steak I've ever had.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34The chicken. They know their flavours, they do.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Who's waiting for pudding? Me.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Can the experiment get back on track?
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Or is this gravy train already off the rails?
0:02:43 > 0:02:46I feel bloated. I feel sick. Very bloated.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54It's 6.45am on the second day of the Swap.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55And in Cardiff,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58instead of their usual routine of gently waking at home
0:02:58 > 0:03:00to the smell of frying bacon,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Bonnie and Jenni are about to get dragged out of bed.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07Bonnie?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Sarah's about to set them to work on an empty stomach.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Bonnie, we have to go up and do the ponies.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18So if we go up before breakfast...
0:03:18 > 0:03:19OK.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23This is awful.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Hello, Jenni. Go away.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Five miles outside Cardiff,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34the Thompsons have two ponies - a stallion called Will
0:03:34 > 0:03:38and a mare named Smarty - stabled on land they rent from a local farmer.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Having swapped lives with Eva and Rosie,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46the discipline of feeding, grooming and mucking the ponies out
0:03:46 > 0:03:50before breakfast now falls squarely to Bonnie and Jenni.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Although it's not so much the early start, the empty stomachs,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59or even the thought of the hard work ahead
0:03:59 > 0:04:01that's currently bothering the sisters.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Come on, fattie boy.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05I really... I'm not fond of horses at all.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07I'm scared of them bucking as well.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09He's, um, quite bossy.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Move back, move back!
0:04:12 > 0:04:15But there's no such thing as a free meal in the Thompson household,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18so if the girls want more than gruel and water for breakfast,
0:04:18 > 0:04:20they're going to have to get their hands dirty.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23I'm scared!
0:04:23 > 0:04:25But we'll give it a go, see what happens.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32In Abersychan, there's been a more leisurely start to the morning.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35After last night's big barbecue, there's a big breakfast.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Rosie and Eva have been tasked with getting the Whewell parents
0:04:40 > 0:04:44fit and healthy, but faced with Helen's culinary onslaught,
0:04:44 > 0:04:47there's been little progress so far.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49The question is, just how long can they keep eating
0:04:49 > 0:04:53and lazing around before they either rebel or explode?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56I was actually hungry this morning.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00I'm hungry, but I'm still bloated.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02I was in the shower this morning and I was like...
0:05:02 > 0:05:04it's still hard.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Not that that's stopping Rosie from indulging
0:05:08 > 0:05:11in a small pre-fry-up hors d'ouevre.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14How many have you had? Like, six? Half the pack.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18They're my weakness! Look at them.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23They even match my nails! This is meant to be.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27I asked Rosie this morning, "Can I go for a run?"
0:05:27 > 0:05:31And she was like, "Why do you want to go for a run?" You ask Helen.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Yeah, but we're not doing any activities
0:05:33 > 0:05:35and I feel like I'm putting on weight.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38She always thinks she's putting on weight. Yeah, but I am!
0:05:38 > 0:05:41But you haven't, you've just eaten more food.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44You wait, I'll puff out!
0:05:45 > 0:05:48We'll see how we feel later. I'm going for a run later.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51OK, OK.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Or tomorrow. Yeah, I'll go with you tomorrow. OK.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Meanwhile, back at the stables,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05the girls are proving very reluctant to do any form of mucking in...
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Want to give her some food? You can, go on.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Go on, just some cubes. No.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12You don't like the slobber?
0:06:12 > 0:06:13..let alone any mucking out.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16I don't know what it is.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18She looks really nice, I'm just too scared to touch.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20When I do her feet, she bites my bum.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Finally, the threat of being given the horses' left-overs
0:06:25 > 0:06:28for their breakfast persuades the girls to face their fears.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30She's not going to bite my bum, is she? She's what?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33She's not going to bite my bum now, is she? No, she won't.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36You nervous? He's fine, he's fine, he's fine.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38He's fine, Jenni's fine.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39Bonnie's not fine.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42You want to give her that carrot that I saved for you?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Still not up for that?
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Go on, put it in the flat of your hand like that.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51No, I can't, not feeding it yet. Go on, have a go.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54This has been quite nerve-racking, but I'm OK now.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Jenni's OK. I'm scared.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Bonnie's in the last-chance saloon.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Either she feeds the horse, or she's having that hay for her breakfast.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05That's it, go on, let her have it.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07There we go.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Phew! That could've been the last straw for Bonnie!
0:07:11 > 0:07:12It feels good to learn new things.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15I kind of feel like I've broken a bit of a fear today.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21And all of that before anyone has had a bite to eat.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24If only the same could be said in Abersychan.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29There you go, would you like some sauce? Thank you.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Yes, thanks. Do you like red sauce? Brown sauce?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Barbecue sauce? Gravy? Salad cream?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Red, I reckon.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Red? Anyone else? No, thanks.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42There you go. Eva? Thank you.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Can I just have a little bit? Of course you can.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Thank you. You're welcome.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49They're gentle.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52When you eat as a family, do you tend to sit around the table together,
0:07:52 > 0:07:54or do you eat on your lap in front of the telly?
0:07:54 > 0:07:58That's one of the rules, always sit at the table.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00That's a good rule.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Jenni would love that rule, because she's always nagging us.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05If we sit and have our food on our lap,
0:08:05 > 0:08:07she's always shouting at us, isn't she?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Do you like kebabs?
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Yeah, I love a good kebab.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Excellent! That's my girl!
0:08:14 > 0:08:16I was thinking...
0:08:16 > 0:08:18perhaps we'll have kebab tonight?
0:08:18 > 0:08:19Yeah.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22What do you normally have? Lamb, chicken or mince?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Doner. A large doner kebab
0:08:25 > 0:08:28with lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of chilli.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30And what do you like?
0:08:30 > 0:08:32I used to like the chicken ones,
0:08:32 > 0:08:35then I found out how many chickens go into it.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Go on. 48.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Well, you get a lot for a fiver, don't you?!
0:08:43 > 0:08:45So, it's not even 9am,
0:08:45 > 0:08:47and in Abersychan, they've all ready consumed
0:08:47 > 0:08:49half a packet of chocolate biscuits
0:08:49 > 0:08:51and a full-cooked breakfast,
0:08:51 > 0:08:55and now they're planning tonight's takeaway.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58In Cardiff, meanwhile, after three hours of horseplay,
0:08:58 > 0:09:00they're tucking into the breakfast of champions -
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Weatabix, skimmed milk and artificial sweeteners.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Does anybody else want toast? No, thanks. No, thanks.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- So, what do you think today's going to hold? What are our fears?
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Something underwater, or gymnastics!
0:09:16 > 0:09:18What about pole vaulting? Or pole vaulting.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Either pole vaulting or ice skating, I can't ice skate.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27So what are we doing today now?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Well, you're baking a cake...
0:09:30 > 0:09:35..or several cakes, working with all that veg. What?
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Do you just put veg in the cake? That's quite a good idea.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41We could make a parsnip cake and then we could make
0:09:41 > 0:09:43a courgette and carrot cake...
0:09:43 > 0:09:46if we have enough ingredients. That's really weird. Is it nice?
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Courgette and carrot cake is nice, parsnip's nice.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50Have you had carrot cake before?
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Yeah. Did you like that?
0:09:54 > 0:09:55Nope. No. No, I do.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I don't like parsnips though, so I'll have to give it a try.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01They don't taste like parsnips in the cake.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05I'll try the parsnips, because I've never tried them before.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08All right then, we could make you a courgette cake as well.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Mr Kipling, eat your heart out.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14With the breakfast plates set to one side,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17it's time for both households to get down to some serious baking.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22In Abersychan, Helen Whewell's cake-making skills
0:10:22 > 0:10:24are renowned throughout the Afon Lwyd valley -
0:10:24 > 0:10:28births, deaths, marriages, coffee mornings, christenings,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31afternoon tea - you name it, Helen's got a cake for it.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34But surprisingly perhaps, in Cardiff,
0:10:34 > 0:10:37the Thompson household is also partial to a bit of cake...
0:10:37 > 0:10:39We're going to make a parsnip cake.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42..albeit with qualified approval.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45No. As long as they're active, then it's not really a problem
0:10:45 > 0:10:47if they're eating cakes, because, at the end of the day,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49they need that energy as well.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52So as long it's in moderation...
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Ah yes, "moderation" - well, that's a dirty word in some households.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59I'm not very good with weighing this out, I just guess, OK.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05So, whilst it's calorie-conscious pulped parsnips and wholemeal flour
0:11:05 > 0:11:10in Cardiff - in Abersychan, anything goes, as long as it's full fat.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Do you like Philadelphia? Do you like cream cheese?
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Never tried it. You've never tried it? Ooh.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Helen's showing Rosie and Eva how to make her infamous Flower Pots.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22This is one that I did for Jenni's birthday.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26It's a family favourite consisting of chocolate roll,
0:11:26 > 0:11:27refined sugar,
0:11:27 > 0:11:32double cream, cream cheese and crushed chocolate biscuits.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36A recipe that, over in Cardiff, Sarah finds alarming.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Do you have a cake fetish in your house?
0:11:39 > 0:11:40I think my mother does!
0:11:40 > 0:11:43I think she has a fetish for making them.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Does she? And then does she make you taste them all?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Yes, and if you don't...
0:11:48 > 0:11:49She'd get upset?
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Yeah, she thinks you don't like it. Oh.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Well, lucky for Helen, in Abersychan this week,
0:11:55 > 0:11:59she has a willing accomplice with a not-so-secret sweet tooth.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00I love cakes.
0:12:01 > 0:12:02I'm obsessed with them,
0:12:02 > 0:12:06it's like they're beginning to become a big part of my life.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10I dream sometimes about cake. Do you?
0:12:10 > 0:12:15I dream about cupcakes and, like, the icing and decorating them...
0:12:16 > 0:12:20..and I dream about my teeth falling out.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Really? Ooh, ooh.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26I don't think I feel guilty, I just, like...
0:12:27 > 0:12:31I feel like I know that they're not going to do me well.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Each and every one of Helen's yummy Flower Pots
0:12:35 > 0:12:38contains around 800 calories -
0:12:38 > 0:12:40that's a third of the recommended daily intake
0:12:40 > 0:12:43for an active teenage girl.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45It's quite rich, isn't it? Yeah.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46It's nice.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52And as a nurse, Sarah sees the sometimes shocking long-term effects
0:12:52 > 0:12:55of such a rich, fat-filled diet.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58A lot of people don't see the relationship between
0:12:58 > 0:13:02what you do now and then what could happen in 20 or 30 years' time.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06The worst things I've seen from things like diabetes
0:13:06 > 0:13:08and people not looking after themselves
0:13:08 > 0:13:10from a dietary point of view -
0:13:10 > 0:13:13amputations of limbs,
0:13:13 > 0:13:18because the poor circulations through their body...
0:13:18 > 0:13:21and then you lose your toes, your feet, or your fingers,
0:13:21 > 0:13:24you lose sensation.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26So it can be quite an impact.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29I am careful with food, because if you know
0:13:29 > 0:13:33something is bad for your children, who you love dearly,
0:13:33 > 0:13:35why would you knowingly put them through
0:13:35 > 0:13:37some form of...
0:13:37 > 0:13:39long term torture?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43I worry about my health all the time
0:13:43 > 0:13:47and I get terrible about thinking about the future,
0:13:47 > 0:13:51and it is scary, hearing all of the stories about what diet
0:13:51 > 0:13:53and what a lack of exercise can do.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58It's overwhelming, I think. Hearing it.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03But what Sarah would say is that you can have your cake and eat it -
0:14:03 > 0:14:05as long as it's the right kind of cake,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08and as long as you burn off the excess afterwards.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Which is exactly what Rosie and Eva are doing in Abersychan.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16And who wouldn't be happy to exercise
0:14:16 > 0:14:18for one of Helen's scrumptious Flower Pots?
0:14:18 > 0:14:23But come on, truth be told, parsnip cake? That's got to be revolting.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31It's not for me.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33I like it.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38You can't really taste the parsnip in it at all.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40I'll give the cake...
0:14:40 > 0:14:42an eight out of ten.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46And once you've had your fill of cakes, both healthy and unhealthy,
0:14:46 > 0:14:48how to fill the rest of your day?
0:14:50 > 0:14:54Well, in Abersychan, Rosie's sweet tooth and Helen's cake fetish
0:14:54 > 0:14:57are leading the girls seriously astray.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Perfect.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Thankfully, several cake pops later,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03they begin to finally remember exactly why they are here.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05We're going to try and persuade Warren
0:15:05 > 0:15:07to go out for a longer dog walk.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Yeah, longer than ten minutes.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13I think the dogs need it too, as well as us.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Warren readily agrees to take the girls
0:15:15 > 0:15:20on a vigorous dog-walking, sight-seeing tour of Abersychan.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23As someone who's lived in the village for over ten years,
0:15:23 > 0:15:25who better to give them a guided tour?
0:15:26 > 0:15:30Abersychan has plenty of pleasant pathways to lose oneself in.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Which is exactly what Warren manages to do.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37I can't remember the name of the street.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41If we walk back the way we came,
0:15:41 > 0:15:42unless we go up that way...
0:15:42 > 0:15:44I don't mind.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46It would appear that Warren and the dogs have taken
0:15:46 > 0:15:49so little exercise in the last decade,
0:15:49 > 0:15:52that they're unable to walk from one end of their village to the other
0:15:52 > 0:15:54without getting completely lost.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Which is why, two hours later,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59the girls have had their much-needed leg stretch,
0:15:59 > 0:16:02but not everyone is thrilled with all this exercise.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07He gave up walking, so I've had to carry him. Gave up.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Still, it's a start, and inspired by their dog walk gone wrong,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Rosie and Eva persuade Helen
0:16:14 > 0:16:16to also get involved in a "Wii" bit of exercise.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Thanks.
0:16:20 > 0:16:231,662 days!
0:16:26 > 0:16:28What do I get if I do this well? A kebab?!
0:16:30 > 0:16:34As the saying goes, every long journey begins with small steps.
0:16:34 > 0:16:35I cheated then, didn't I?
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Oh, I like that music, it sounds like it's coming to the end.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39So, is this the moment
0:16:39 > 0:16:43when Helen will embrace the enjoyment of exercise?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Yes! Yes!
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Or will it be another 1,662 days
0:16:48 > 0:16:51before she fires up the games console again?
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Film it!
0:16:58 > 0:16:59In Cardiff, meanwhile...
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Come on, Jenni, let's go.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04..working off cake is about to become a serious sport.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Building on the success of their solo bike rides,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11it's time to introduce Bonnie and Jenni to team work...
0:17:11 > 0:17:13tandems...
0:17:13 > 0:17:17and some Thompson family competitive edge.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Come on, my team partner. Winners!
0:17:19 > 0:17:22We're quite simply going to be known as "the winners",
0:17:22 > 0:17:23as "the winning team."
0:17:23 > 0:17:26The Thompsons have a simple family ethos -
0:17:26 > 0:17:32live healthy, eat healthy, but never, ever, EVER be second best.
0:17:33 > 0:17:38I think being competitive is a valuable aspect of anybody's life.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Captain, right? Captain!
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Is there a lot of competitions in this household?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44There is a lot of competition.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Team A, come on!
0:17:46 > 0:17:50If they want to get better, they need to be competitive.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52"Must slow down."
0:17:52 > 0:17:54It wants us to slow down? No!
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Life is, in itself, it is a competition.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01And the next step on Bonnie and Jenni's road to a healthier life
0:18:01 > 0:18:04is to try and locate their competitive edge.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06So, on the playing fields behind the Thompsons' house,
0:18:06 > 0:18:09cut-throat competition will commence...
0:18:09 > 0:18:12They're going to lose, they've got Bonnie, that's why.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Oh, we'll see.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17..once they've worked out how to ride the things.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18Let me get on first...
0:18:18 > 0:18:20I get on first, because then I balance it, OK?
0:18:22 > 0:18:24I can't get my leg over!
0:18:24 > 0:18:26- I'm too scared to even start.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29We've just got to go!
0:18:29 > 0:18:30- You're ready, are you?
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Nope, now! And we're off.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Wait, wait, wait. God, wait, stop.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Go. Stay on it.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Do your pedals, do your pedals! - I can't!
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- Three, two, one.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Yay! And we're off.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49Team winners, come on!
0:18:49 > 0:18:53Oh, no. I feel like I'm falling off!
0:18:53 > 0:18:55All ready? Yes. Nah!
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- Ow, my knee keeps touching the handlebars.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Come on, keep going.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04It's too hard.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06The bike's, like, tilting towards something.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10- It's just when we cycle, when we're pedalling,
0:19:10 > 0:19:11we're pushing down on each side.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Yeah, so I'm not actually falling off? Nope.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Ooh, you're making it easier for me. Yeah.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23I'm going to go tight around here, so we've got a balance.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Oh, that's well done, good driving from the back as well.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Up this bit, now put some power in it, OK?
0:19:30 > 0:19:33One, two, go, go, go, go, go!
0:19:33 > 0:19:37Yeah! Oh, my legs are going to fall off! Go on rest your feet then.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Rest your feet. I can't, because then we'll stop.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42Go on, that's fine.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46I'll never forgive you lot for this.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50I think we're going to have to do a bit of work on it. Yeah.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Well, they better get working on it, because before this day is through,
0:19:53 > 0:19:55they're going to be racing one another.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03In Abersychan, the Whewells are also on the move,
0:20:03 > 0:20:07and whilst their intent is not quite as energetic as tandem racing,
0:20:07 > 0:20:09it's certainly got a competitive edge.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13I'll give you one little clue, are you feeling competitive?
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Yeah, crazy golf?!
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Oh!
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Not crazy golf...
0:20:19 > 0:20:20Crazy snooker!
0:20:22 > 0:20:24I'll be heads. I'll be tails then.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- Heads. I'll have Eva and you have Rosie. Job done!
0:20:31 > 0:20:33We're going to win!
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Obviously.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40We played pool on our very first date. Who won?
0:20:40 > 0:20:43We did, yeah, in my local pub. No, I didn't ask that, I said, who won?
0:20:43 > 0:20:44You did.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Who would have thought it?
0:20:46 > 0:20:51Sweet, kind Helen has a mean competitive streak.
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Game on!
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Actually, it's quite funny,
0:20:58 > 0:21:01because I've always said we're not a competitive family at all,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04but put me in front of a pool table and Warren and we do get, actually,
0:21:04 > 0:21:08quite competitive, which is probably quite nice for them to see, actually.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Of course, Eva and Rosie have no issues
0:21:11 > 0:21:13locating THEIR competitive edge.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17I'm on the winning team, so it'll be fine.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20I think we're winning, me and Helen.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22But being complete novices to this pastime,
0:21:22 > 0:21:26their own contributions to the cause are somewhat lacking.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32We're not doing so good.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36And whilst Rosie does eventually discovers her pool cue mojo...
0:21:37 > 0:21:39..Eva's never quite on the ball.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43I didn't mean to hit it. Oh, we got two shots.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44I didn't mean to hit it.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48But at least she's got queen of the green baize, Helen, on her side!
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Uh-huh-ho! Yes!
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Yes!
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Never mind.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58And what better way to celebrate sweet success
0:21:58 > 0:21:59than a kebab?
0:21:59 > 0:22:00I wouldn't say we come here a lot,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03but when we come in we normally say, "We'll have the usual, please,"
0:22:03 > 0:22:06so I think that probably gives you a bit of an indication.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07Bit of garlic sauce, please.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13MAN: Any sauce or salad? Oh, a little bit. Only a little bit, please.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Thank you.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18See you soon, bye-bye.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Back in Cardiff,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26the great tandem race face-off is about to take place.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Both teams think they've got their techniques nailed,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32and on the start line, there's a lot of trash talking going down.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37Come on, Team Alpha! The racers all day long.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41So lame, come over here and talk to the winners.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44You've obviously got the wrong people.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46We've got to pedal for our life, OK?
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Go, go, go.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Come on, go, go, go.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56MUSIC: "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Oh, my pedals.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Woo!
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Wahey!
0:23:07 > 0:23:09We're the winners.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10They're the losers.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16Look at the seat. Yeah, the seat slipped back.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18I think that's a poor workman over there
0:23:18 > 0:23:22that's going to blame his tools for not winning that.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24We'll take a re-run...
0:23:24 > 0:23:25if that's what you need!
0:23:29 > 0:23:32To the winners, a nice, hot bath!
0:23:32 > 0:23:34To the losers, well,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37THEY get to make some low-fat, high-fibre, healthy,
0:23:37 > 0:23:39home-made kebabs.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43Which is something Eva's probably wishing she had in Abersychan.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Kebabs! Look at the oil!
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Look at the oil on that. Oh, yeah.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Does that put you off it, seeing the oil like that?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54That's why I always let the bread soak that bit up. Yeah.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55I never eat the bread.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57No. Sorry, I just love it all!
0:24:01 > 0:24:04The thing is, you've always convinced yourself,
0:24:04 > 0:24:06because it's got salad in it. It's healthy.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10The chicken one is healthier...
0:24:10 > 0:24:12but not after seeing that oil.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16I've got a bit of a thing, which I have to tell you two about -
0:24:16 > 0:24:20I love cold food, but not, sort of, like salad and things,
0:24:20 > 0:24:25I mean, like cold kebabs and cold curry and cold chilli.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27It's always nicer when it's cold.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31Helen has leftover for breakfast.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Curry from the night before, not a pretty sight. Yeah.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38With thoughts of cold curry filling their heads,
0:24:38 > 0:24:42the girls decide to quit on their kebabs, leaving them half-eaten.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45I want to finish that later with more salad anyway...
0:24:45 > 0:24:47but...
0:24:47 > 0:24:50it's rather weird. Too much.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Yeah, it would just be, like, kind of out of gluttony now.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58I'm bloated already. I'm always bloated.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01OK? How did you get on?
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Um, we're going to save it for later.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06That's fine, no problem at all, you carry on.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08You going to have a cake pop?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Um, later.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13The rule in our house is that we have to finish all our food
0:25:13 > 0:25:15and then we can have pudding,
0:25:15 > 0:25:16if we have pudding. Right.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20They didn't want a pop, after they were offered a cake pop.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Even though they hadn't finished their dinner.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24They were very self-disciplined.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26That's really good, I'm really impressed by that.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27That's a habit I'd really like us to get into,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30I'd like the kids to be able to get into that habit.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31I think I'd like us - Warren and myself -
0:25:31 > 0:25:33to get into that habit as well,
0:25:33 > 0:25:37I think that's really important because I think we're obviously
0:25:37 > 0:25:41TOO indulgent and I think there's probably a happy medium.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44I'm the one that always said that that should happen.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Don't you waggle that finger at me!
0:25:47 > 0:25:49I get overruled! You overrule me!
0:25:49 > 0:25:50I do, that is true.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52He's right, he's absolutely right on that.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55I'm always like, "Ooh, you know, it doesn't really hurt,"
0:25:55 > 0:25:57but actually, perhaps it does.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00Food for thought at the end
0:26:00 > 0:26:04of another full and frantic day in both households.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06So it's time to draw breath and reflect,
0:26:06 > 0:26:11as the girls make Skype calls home and tell tales on one another.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12What have you been up to?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14She had half a packet of Oreos to herself.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17You had what?! Oh, Rosie!
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Guys, you know Oreos are my weakness!
0:26:20 > 0:26:22She's driving me mad! Why?
0:26:22 > 0:26:24She won't try anything!
0:26:24 > 0:26:26I tried radish!
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Ra...! Oh!
0:26:27 > 0:26:31So, what have you been doing then? We went to pool earlier.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34A swimming pool? Snooker, pool.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37- From what you've seen so far, do you feel motivated to change?
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Yeah, it's YOU that needs to change!
0:26:41 > 0:26:45You need to buy the right food, you need to cook the right food.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48So, what's been the worst thing for you then?
0:26:48 > 0:26:51The food and the fat.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54It's a lot of junk food.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56But you don't have to eat it, you muppet!
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Are you being forced to eat it? BOTH: No.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06So, as we sit here at the moment, are you hungry? Who's hungry?
0:27:06 > 0:27:10No, we've just had a massive home-made chicken tikka kebab.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Really? Yeah, it was really nice.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15I had a home-made one as well, it was home-made in the kebab shop.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19She's going to kill you with kindness!
0:27:19 > 0:27:22I know, I know. So you need to set her right.
0:27:22 > 0:27:27I know she's lovely, but she's going to kill you with kindness
0:27:27 > 0:27:31and you're going to find it so hard to get back on that track, lovely.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34So, we are going to miss you, and when we're in the hot tub later,
0:27:34 > 0:27:38drinking wine, eating the rest of our kebab, we will think about you.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Well, when we're getting healthy,
0:27:40 > 0:27:43and you're still there, eating junk and ruining your organs...
0:27:44 > 0:27:47She's like a converted smoker, isn't she?
0:27:50 > 0:27:52I've only got three words left for you then -
0:27:52 > 0:27:54live, laugh, love.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02I notice that we have now got the blame.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05The blame is all coming our way for the lifestyle things.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08There's no collective ownership of that, is there?
0:28:08 > 0:28:09It's actually my fault.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11It's you, you're the only one, I'm afraid.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Right, OK, I'll play hard ball.
0:28:14 > 0:28:15Well, I try.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21In the final Family Life Swap...
0:28:21 > 0:28:23I just don't care any more. What are you doing?
0:28:23 > 0:28:25I'm stuck again.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27..Helen addresses her critics...
0:28:27 > 0:28:29You know, I don't need to be told that I need to lose weight,
0:28:29 > 0:28:31I can see that quite clearly.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33..and does something about it. Ooh!
0:28:33 > 0:28:34Oh, my God.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Bonnie goes wild...
0:28:38 > 0:28:40I caught something!
0:28:40 > 0:28:43..and we revisit the families eight weeks after the exchange
0:28:43 > 0:28:46and discover some very surprising changes.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd