0:00:02 > 0:00:06Now, straight up with those arms, and deep and push.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Last year, Swansea fitness instructor Tara Hammett
0:00:09 > 0:00:11left her regular work to try an experiment.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Good morning, guys.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15How are you feeling? All right?
0:00:15 > 0:00:19First of all, I just want to say a big, massive thank you for all
0:00:19 > 0:00:22agreeing to take part in this experiment.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24She wanted to see what happened
0:00:24 > 0:00:27when a group of people from the DVLA, more used to sitting down
0:00:27 > 0:00:32than exercising, took on an intense diet and exercise regime.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34So, nice and high with those knees. Nice one, Kirsty.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38..Two, one and relax. Good job.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42It was a tough regime that pushed Tracy, in particular, to the limit.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47But four weeks later, Tracy and the team had embraced the challenge,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51lost weight and made a huge difference to their lives.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Whoo!
0:00:55 > 0:00:57This was all last summer.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Now Tara wants to know what happened to her team.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Did they really change for good or, once she left their lives,
0:01:03 > 0:01:06did they slide back into their old ways?
0:01:14 > 0:01:17So they could come in here now all leaping and bounding,
0:01:17 > 0:01:18like I left them last time,
0:01:18 > 0:01:22or maybe they've slipped back into their old habits
0:01:22 > 0:01:24and I haven't managed to convince them
0:01:24 > 0:01:27that a healthier lifestyle is good for them,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30so goodness knows what they're going to be like when they come in
0:01:30 > 0:01:34but I'm excited to see them, and a little bit nervous at the same time.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Hello! The guys are all back.
0:01:37 > 0:01:38- How are you?- Not bad.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Can you believe we're all back together?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44So, how have you all been doing?
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Well, I exercise in the gym about three or four times a week now.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- It's good. I train a lot.- I managed to get rid of a lot of my wardrobe
0:01:51 > 0:01:54so if I did put weight on, I can't go back into my big clothes.
0:01:54 > 0:01:55I deliberately got rid of those.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Duncan and I, we joined a gym... with a pool.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03But the project hasn't been a success for everyone.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05I've put some weight back on.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Tara's way is very, very, very strict.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11And without Tara on hand,
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Tracy has not entirely stuck to Tara's way.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19I'll have a bar of chocolate or a packet of sweets or I'll have this...
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Honestly, I've probably gone back to most of my old habits.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28I still go home and kind of loaf on the sofa.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Exercise-wise, I really haven't been that good.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Lifestyle-wise, it hasn't really changed much for me.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36I still haven't flipped that switch.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Tracy is a personal disappointment for Tara.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50They've all done amazing.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53It was so fab to see them today, but Tracy has failed,
0:02:53 > 0:02:57and she was the one that I wanted to really get stuck into and to be
0:02:57 > 0:03:02an incredible transformation, and she just hasn't done it.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04A year ago, during Tara's programme,
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Tracy revealed eating habits that Tara was keen to tackle.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- Strawberry-flavoured cereal. - Strawberry-flavoured cereal?
0:03:12 > 0:03:14- Would you like some?- Yeah.- Yeah?
0:03:14 > 0:03:16This pot will probably last about two days,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- and I graze at it throughout the week.- And is this for afters?- Yeah.
0:03:19 > 0:03:25Very interesting. So Jelly Tots and now strawberry cereal...shapes.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Hmm...
0:03:27 > 0:03:29But when Tara visited Tracy at home,
0:03:29 > 0:03:31she found the problem didn't stop there.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- Hey!- Biscuit cupboards. Lots of chocolate biscuits.- Mm-hm.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36TARA GASPS
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Oh, my gosh. Oh, my goodness.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41How deep is this thing?!
0:03:41 > 0:03:42Quite deep.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45A detailed health check quickly showed the impact
0:03:45 > 0:03:48that Tracy's lifestyle was having.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52A high propensity for certain diseases, especially cardiac,
0:03:52 > 0:03:53heart disease.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57It's classed as morbidly obese because it is likely that you will
0:03:57 > 0:04:00cut your life shorter than it should be by the fat that you're carrying.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05- OK?- Mm-hm.- You've made, probably, the hardest step.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- One month with Tara and you will be on the road to recovery.- Yes.- OK?
0:04:09 > 0:04:11But then you've got to keep it going.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- And you've got to keep it going for ever.- Mm-hm.- All right.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16So I hope you understand.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19But Tracy didn't keep it going, and she's not alone.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Some studies suggest that up to 90% of people who diet to
0:04:23 > 0:04:27lose weight eventually put all of the weight back on again.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Many people, when they go on a diet, they end up failing.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34It's a short-term thing.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36They do something short fix and it doesn't work,
0:04:36 > 0:04:40and with Tracy now, she hasn't changed her environment.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44She's got all the prime ingredients for continuing with
0:04:44 > 0:04:47her Tracy-ness,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50and I got an amazing idea.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54It's going to be brilliant and I'm going to go with it.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Tara is going to put her idea to Tracy.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- Tracey!- Hello.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12I've come to chat with you. Can I come in? Thank you.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16One thing which blew me away last time was the chocolate drawer.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18How is it?
0:05:19 > 0:05:24- Now I have got dog food in it. - Dog food? And a bit of chocolate.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28But the chocolate in the drawer is only the start of the problem.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31Tracy's house is full of temptation.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Hmm. Crisps, biscuits...
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Baking cakes.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Ohh! Cookies. And batter.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Christmas puddings I'm seeing.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49That's Ian's cupboard.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Because it's got that "blueberry" word or there,
0:05:52 > 0:05:55that doesn't mean it's part of your five-a-day.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00See, this room now is just asking me to do this... Ah!
0:06:00 > 0:06:04So this is your other lounge-y one and sit by here quite a bit,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06- perfectly in front of the TV.- Yep.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10The thing is, your home does scream to relax. Doesn't it? Yeah.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14- Cool. So, I've got a bit of an idea, right?- Oh, no!
0:06:14 > 0:06:18I think it's quite an amazing idea. I want you to move in with me.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19What?!
0:06:19 > 0:06:21You're having a laugh?
0:06:21 > 0:06:25You are going to live in my house, you are going to get up when
0:06:25 > 0:06:29I get up, you're going to eat what I eat, you're going to do what I do.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32We're going to leave the Tracy recipe and you're going to come
0:06:32 > 0:06:36and experience what the Tara recipe is like. So bye-bye, couch.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Bye-bye, chocolate.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- Tara days.- OK.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Oh, dear God.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48In for a penny, in for a pound. Oh, my God.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Tara has one visit left to make.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56There is one member of her old team that was absent from the reunion,
0:06:56 > 0:07:00and for a reason that had shocked everyone.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Kirsty!- Hello.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- Hello. How are you? - I'm OK. Are you OK?- Yeah. Good.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Thank you.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16A year ago, Tara put the team through a number of tests.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19While some got the results they were expecting,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Kirsty, the smallest member of the team, had a surprise.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28There is 26% body fat, which is not obese
0:07:28 > 0:07:31but it is more than the average for women, more than you should be.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36- Just bite it.- Oh, no. It smells green.- It smells green?
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Like Tracy, Kirsty was eating almost no vegetables
0:07:40 > 0:07:44and was suspicious of anything that smelt green.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48The calculation takes into account the visceral fat, which is
0:07:48 > 0:07:50around your organs inside your body.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52It's much more detrimental to your health,
0:07:52 > 0:07:54and that you can't see from the outside.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56The whole team are in shock.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Everyone is like, "You're the smallest person on the team.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00"How can you be overweight?"
0:08:00 > 0:08:03But if that's what they say that's what they say, innit?
0:08:03 > 0:08:05But that was nothing,
0:08:05 > 0:08:08compared to the shock that came shortly after filming finished.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11After the show was aired in October, I noticed
0:08:11 > 0:08:14a lump on my neck on the right-hand side. I went to the doctor.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18He sent me to a specialist. Seven weeks later, results.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23Positive for cancer. So, you know? Even thinking about it...
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- Of course. Because it is so scary, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Like...
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- Having my little boy, knowing I've got a little boy...- Of course.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34I'm upset now, as well.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38The first thing I thought was, "I'm going to die," you know?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41How the hell... How can this happen to me?
0:08:41 > 0:08:44I even had to ask the doctor, "Are you serious?"
0:08:44 > 0:08:46I just thought he was joking. I didn't...
0:08:46 > 0:08:49I couldn't understand how that could even be possible.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51I don't smoke, I don't drink much,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54don't do anything to cause something like that.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57So, did they tell you why they thought that you got this?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Absolutely nothing.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01You can't safeguard against something like cancer.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03If you've got it, you've got it.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05That's when you've got to start taking care of yourself.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10- You've really got to be mindful of what you're eating and drinking and doing.- Good.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12- Do you feel better for it? - Yeah, much better.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15I didn't realise this over the years,
0:09:15 > 0:09:17but food changes how you feel completely.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Happy given the all clear? Is it all positive news now?
0:09:21 > 0:09:24I had a full body scan before leaving the hospital
0:09:24 > 0:09:26the last time I was there.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30I had the results of that a couple of weeks ago and they were good results.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34It hasn't spread anywhere else, so nothing else has been affected.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Even the other half of my thyroid wasn't affected.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40I'm needing more scans in the future, you know,
0:09:40 > 0:09:45checkups and whatever, but right now it's looking good.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Everything is looking back to normal.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Excellent. So an exciting future, then, for you.
0:09:50 > 0:09:51I'm looking forward to it now.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- I can actually look forward to my future now.- Good.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57For Tara, fitness is very much a way of life,
0:09:57 > 0:10:00but she's realising that some people will only
0:10:00 > 0:10:03change their way of life when given a shock to the system.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Tracy's more modest shock to the system is about to begin.
0:10:12 > 0:10:13Hello.
0:10:13 > 0:10:18Hello. The day has come! How are you feeling?
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Nervous, sick, terrified.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- Come in. Let me get your bag. - Thank you.- Welcome home!
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Yeah. Hi.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31So, we'll have to get you settled, then, and give you some lunch.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35I thought, you know, a typical meal that people love is,
0:10:35 > 0:10:36like, bacon and eggs,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39so I thought we'd have a nice meal like that for you.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43- Bacon and eggs sounds awesome! - It does, doesn't it?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Oh, my God.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Tara, no offence, but this stinks.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51We don't do ready meals in my house. We have shreddy meals.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54We shred it all up raw and get stuck in.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05I've got raw kale, raw mushrooms, raw tomatoes,
0:11:05 > 0:11:08raw spinach in there, lovely flavourings, and you don't have
0:11:08 > 0:11:11to be eating stodgy food all the time for you to enjoy it.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14It's a really healthy meal and...yummy.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Usually, Tracy spends her working hours sitting at a desk,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20while Tara's work as a fitness instructor
0:11:20 > 0:11:22means she is constantly on the move.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23- OK?- Yes.- Off we go.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28But at the first opportunity, while Tara is distracted,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Tracy slips into her old ways.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Thank you very much.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40So, with you, normally, Tracy, you would be rocking up into work,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43getting to your desk, sitting down, but as you're following me
0:11:43 > 0:11:47and doing everything that I do, I'm on my feet all the time...
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- Do you want to bring you back around here?- Yes.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53..so you are going to do exactly everything that I do now.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56So, we've got the spray here to clean them down,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59and the paper towels, so just give them a wipe over,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02so you're going to have to be down there, up there,
0:12:02 > 0:12:04over there, moving your arms, squatting,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07lunging and everything, so there's your tools.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10I'm going to prep up my client. I'll see you in a mo. OK? Enjoy.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14But while Tracy gets to work, Tara is discovering her secret.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- She just bought one?- Yes. £2.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Why, wasn't she supposed to?
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Is it in her bag?
0:12:26 > 0:12:28SHE LAUGHS
0:12:28 > 0:12:30HE LAUGHS
0:12:33 > 0:12:37- What's the matter, Tara? - Is this wind-up?- What?
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- I haven't bought that, really. - You were under my rules.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43This is going back in the box.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48- No way.- It was worth a try.- Rumbled.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Royal rumbled. Again.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Get back in the gym and do squats on the bike while cleaning. Good.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Tara gets to work with her first client.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04For Tracy, it's a reminder of just what can be achieved.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09Jump in and out. Down, jump in and back.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12And five...
0:13:12 > 0:13:13In, out.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16One hand on, jump off. Amazing.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19I think Tracy had a bit of a surprise watching that then
0:13:19 > 0:13:23and witnessing what the human body is actually capable of.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27But it just goes to show that your body can adapt and it can do things.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30If you work intense and want to be strong and fit and healthy,
0:13:30 > 0:13:32you can do these things.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33Hold onto the wall,
0:13:33 > 0:13:37so you are going to come down and just be in this position here, OK?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- Super easy. Just leaning.- Agh!
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Can you feel that stretching?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Tracy's first one-to-one gym session is a little easier.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Three, two, one and relax. What are you feeling?
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- Back.- OK, up you come.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07But after just a few minutes, Tracy decides she can't go on.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11It doesn't have to end there
0:14:11 > 0:14:14because I've got some other ideas of what I'm going to do with her now,
0:14:14 > 0:14:17so she may think that she's not doing any exercise in the gym,
0:14:17 > 0:14:20but we'll do some other things instead.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- OK?- Yep.- Cool.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Righto, we're going to take some more action. We're walking the dog.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33- Yay.- Whoo!
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Tara has noted that Tracy is a dog lover and has recruited Reg,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43the boisterous dog of a neighbour.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45If the gym doesn't work for Tracy,
0:14:45 > 0:14:47then maybe this is the kind of workout that will.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50- Good boy.- Good boy, Reg.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Come on, then.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54TARA LAUGHS
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Come on.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59THEY GIGGLE
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- Good boy.- How are you feeling, Trace?
0:15:03 > 0:15:04- OK.- You're out of breath. I like it.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06This has definitely got your heart rate up.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Do you normally get your heart rate up like this on a walk?
0:15:09 > 0:15:10No.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12LAUGHTER
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- Come on, Reg.- All right, who's walking who here, Reg?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24She's laughing, she's out of breath.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27This just goes to show that she can be doing something
0:15:27 > 0:15:29she really enjoys, part of a lifestyle,
0:15:29 > 0:15:31and getting outside and taking the dog for a walk.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Taking the pace up, getting the heart rate up and having loads of fun.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Reg has given her a really good workout there.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39She should be thanking him for it later on.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43She's absolutely loving it.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Oh, you silly boy.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53A year ago, Tara's team did very little exercise,
0:15:53 > 0:15:56but she's always keen to find new ways to prove that exercise
0:15:56 > 0:15:58doesn't have to be something you dread.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Welcome to the new theatre in Cardiff.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Inside is dancing royalty.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Excited?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Oh, good God. Good God, wasn't expecting anything like this.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Let's go. Let's go.
0:16:15 > 0:16:21- Hi, guys.- This is the amazing Vincent and Flavia.- Hello.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25- They're going to be doing a session today.- I think Kirsty's gobsmacked.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Follow us.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32Vincent and Flavia became famous as stars of Strictly Come Dancing.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37If anyone can communicate the enjoyment of dance, they can.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40I think more than enjoy it, it's kind of part of our lives.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44So this is our little world that we perform every night,
0:16:44 > 0:16:46and sometimes in the morning as well.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Wow. Exciting.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- I can't believe it. - How are you feeling?
0:16:51 > 0:16:53CAROLE: Emotional.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57I was always dancing. I used to do all this fancy footwork, dancing.
0:16:57 > 0:16:58I mean, my kids don't believe me.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02When I was younger, I used to really... I enjoyed dancing.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04- You enjoyed it?- I was pretty good at it. I'm older now and...
0:17:04 > 0:17:05It's all good.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Doesn't matter what kind of dancing it is, it's all good.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11On Strictly, we deal with celebrities all the time.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Most of them, I remember Rachel Stevens saying
0:17:15 > 0:17:18that she used to go to the gym almost every day doing yoga,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Felicity Kendal the same thing.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23But as soon as they start dancing, after a month they say,
0:17:23 > 0:17:25"My goodness, my body's changing.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29"I can really feel more tone in my arms, in my legs."
0:17:29 > 0:17:32She said she'd never seen any exercise better than this one.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36We're going to start by pointing the right foot for the men,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38left foot for the ladies, to the side.
0:17:38 > 0:17:44Then we go step, replace, cha-cha-cha.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Step, replace, cha-cha-cha.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Back, replace, cha-cha-cha.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Forward, replace, cha-cha-cha.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58MUSIC: "Bang Bang" by David Sanborn
0:18:31 > 0:18:35That was fantastic. That was nerve-racking and...
0:18:35 > 0:18:39I've still got it, from years ago. Oh, my God, wasn't he amazing?
0:18:39 > 0:18:44He was so cool. So sexy.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Well, you can see how it gets your heart rate going,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49but you're listening to something that's really nice to listen to,
0:18:49 > 0:18:51smiling, having fun.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Did you ever think while you were doing this about bills,
0:18:54 > 0:18:57mortgages, boyfriends.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58You haven't got time to think, have you?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00- You see? It's amazing. - It's a great way to...
0:19:00 > 0:19:04- You thought about me though. - Oh, I'm sure.- You did, I saw that.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- CAROLE: Of course.- There you go. - FLAVIA LAUGHS
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Yeah, so that's why it's such an amazing way,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12because you're using every little bit of your bodies.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Exercise gives you some sort of positive vibe,
0:19:15 > 0:19:19and it's like the more you exercise the more you want to feel that.
0:19:19 > 0:19:24'It changes not only the way you look, the way you move,
0:19:24 > 0:19:29'but changes your life in general because it improves everything.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33'Because mentally, in your heart, you feel better within yourself
0:19:33 > 0:19:36'and everything seems easier.'
0:19:39 > 0:19:41How many diets have you been on?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Oh, good grief. Too many to count.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46I think I've tried most of the main ones -
0:19:46 > 0:19:49just having a milkshake twice a day,
0:19:49 > 0:19:54soup or the cereal diet, the Mars Bar diet.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57But as soon as you think, "Oh, I'm where I want to be now,"
0:19:57 > 0:20:03you go back to your old way of eating and it just falls apart.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04Right, I've got to go back again.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08I've got to pay all this money and it's harder this time
0:20:08 > 0:20:12because I've put the weight back on, plus a half stone.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18It's a never-ending circle and I so want to be out of it.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25Tara's days start early, and while she checks her schedule at her
0:20:25 > 0:20:29standing desk, Tracy's expected to get time in on the treadmill.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33TRACY YAWNS
0:20:33 > 0:20:37After a quick breakfast, Tara has a radio interview scheduled
0:20:37 > 0:20:39talking about the reasons people go on diets.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Sometimes you find a great motivator is when you get this wake-up call
0:20:45 > 0:20:47and something happens to your health,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50or unfortunately someone loses a loved one through their lifestyle.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Sometimes that can't even be the wake-up call for people.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56The interview prompts a frank conversation
0:20:56 > 0:20:59about what will ever provide a wake-up call for Tracy.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01What's it going to take though?
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- I don't know, I'm trying. - Something terrible happening?
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- No.- You don't want it to be that, do you?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10So what if I could fast-forward you now two years
0:21:10 > 0:21:13or maybe even one year or six months
0:21:13 > 0:21:16and show you something really terrible that happens to you?
0:21:16 > 0:21:19I would do everything in my power to stop it happening.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Then why don't you do that now?
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Because it will happen.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26I guarantee that if you carry on the way that you are,
0:21:26 > 0:21:29it will definitely happen to you.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30Fact.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Fear is a powerful driver, as Tara found when she started
0:21:35 > 0:21:38working with the group and first encountered Ashley Williams.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Go, go, go!
0:21:41 > 0:21:43You didn't come in here for an easy session.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Ashleigh, I didn't say hip extensions.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50What is holding you back and not feeling that you can... "Grrr..."
0:21:50 > 0:21:56- give it everything?- Yeah, I lost my mother, just like, erm...
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Really suddenly. Like, one day, she's there, happy...
0:22:02 > 0:22:04you know, went to a friend's party and stuff and then the next
0:22:04 > 0:22:08day I had a phone call about six o'clock...to my home,
0:22:08 > 0:22:12like...she had died, erm... it was like...
0:22:13 > 0:22:15A heart attack, they said, um...
0:22:16 > 0:22:21something similar happened to her mother and...when I'm...
0:22:22 > 0:22:25When I'm pushing myself and...
0:22:25 > 0:22:29trying to push myself, this thing comes in the back of my mind,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32"What if..." you know, "What if I push myself too hard
0:22:32 > 0:22:36"and all of a sudden...I just drop?" I've got a little boy to think of,
0:22:36 > 0:22:38as well and a family...
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Tara sent Ashleigh to a leading heart expert who ran a number
0:22:42 > 0:22:46of tests only to discover that all Ashleigh was really lacking
0:22:46 > 0:22:48was more exercise.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52- Down and push, well done, Ash. - Ashleigh was immediately
0:22:52 > 0:22:56transformed in Tara's classes and a year later is well on the way to
0:22:56 > 0:22:59becoming qualified as a full-time professional fitness trainer.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Today's session has gone really well, his confidence is growing
0:23:05 > 0:23:08with every session that he does. Once he's got his qualification
0:23:08 > 0:23:11he could then work full-time as a gym instructor.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Tracy might be having a breakthrough of her own.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Having completed a shift at Tara's leisure centre
0:23:16 > 0:23:19she asks to spend a bit of time in the gym.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25But is this really a breakthrough?
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Tara wants to see if Tracy will still give in to temptation.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- Here we are, after you, Tracy. - Thank you very much, Tara.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35So what would you normally do now if you were here now
0:23:35 > 0:23:36and I wasn't with you?
0:23:38 > 0:23:43- Go for that.- The chocolate one? - Oh, yeah. Or the custard slice,
0:23:43 > 0:23:44or the Welsh cakes
0:23:44 > 0:23:48- but if I feel really, really bad, all three!- Would you do that?
0:23:48 > 0:23:51- Would you order three? - I have done it.- Serious?- Yeah.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54I'd probably go for that first then the custard slice,
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- then the Welsh cakes. - OK.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58If that wasn't available that's the order I'd go with.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01But do you think you could come somewhere like this and...
0:24:01 > 0:24:05when you, say, are going to meet your friends for coffee, just have coffee?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- I could say, "I'm just going to have a cup of tea."- OK.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11If that was full of ice cream...
0:24:11 > 0:24:13- it would be a completely different matter.- OK.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Shall we stand over there and have this conversation, then?
0:24:17 > 0:24:22- Oh, my...!- So, now we're talking... OK.- Sorry, you're not here.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- Go home.- OK, so imagine I'm not there.
0:24:25 > 0:24:26Oh, my God!
0:24:28 > 0:24:31I'd have some of that and some of that.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34With a little bit of that.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Yeah, I'd make my own sundae and it would be huge.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41I would say I would try to limit it to two scoops
0:24:41 > 0:24:44but in all honesty I'd probably have three.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48So, what do you think...? OK, bearing in mind that me and you
0:24:48 > 0:24:52had a conversation earlier on... this is going to shorten your life.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55So, remember, you said now...those cutting words I had to say to you,
0:24:55 > 0:24:58if I could fast-forward you now and you keep on coming here
0:24:58 > 0:25:01every Sunday and you have three scoops and then you come again
0:25:01 > 0:25:04and you have another three scoops and you come again and you have
0:25:04 > 0:25:06another three scoops and then the next thing you find out
0:25:06 > 0:25:09that you've just had a heart attack or you've just had a stroke
0:25:09 > 0:25:12because of your weight...
0:25:12 > 0:25:13Yeah...
0:25:13 > 0:25:15it does put a different spin on it.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19In the end the choices she makes will be entirely down to Tracy
0:25:19 > 0:25:23but, for now, Tara has one more job for her to do.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29OK, so...
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Here's my desk and my computer. I'd like us to get the team,
0:25:32 > 0:25:36our little troop together. I want us to do something fun,
0:25:36 > 0:25:38a great experience, so I want you to have a look now at
0:25:38 > 0:25:41something that we can all do together that's going to be
0:25:41 > 0:25:46- active, great fun and a little bit of teamwork.- OK.- OK.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50Tracy scans the internet to find an event to get the women
0:25:50 > 0:25:52of the team moving.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58But Cancer UK's Pretty Muddy event has a particular resonance
0:25:58 > 0:26:00for Kirsty.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06Kirsty now with her cancer scare, erm, that's something that can't
0:26:06 > 0:26:10have been prevented, you know, she's super young but the great thing is,
0:26:10 > 0:26:13she's bounced back but lots of people are eating themselves to
0:26:13 > 0:26:16ill health, you know. They are putting on tons of weight,
0:26:16 > 0:26:19they are becoming diabetic, they are running the risks then, of
0:26:19 > 0:26:21heart attacks, stroke and all these things and none of
0:26:21 > 0:26:24us are invincible. The food that we put inside our body
0:26:24 > 0:26:26is either going to fuel disease or fight it.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28And we should be fighting it.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30ALL: 3, 2, 1...
0:26:30 > 0:26:32CHEERING
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Obviously, having such bad news, I just thought, "Oh, my God..."
0:26:35 > 0:26:40you know, "This is the end for me." I didn't know what to expect and no, I'd have never imagined doing this,
0:26:40 > 0:26:44you know, it is seven, eight months on, I'd never expect this to happen
0:26:44 > 0:26:46so, yeah, it's amazing.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Come on, Trace, over.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Oh. Get right down in it.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53If you want to live a long and healthy life
0:26:53 > 0:26:57you've got to change how you eat, for ever. It's so damaging to
0:26:57 > 0:27:00your health when you do something that's yo-yoing and losing it fast
0:27:00 > 0:27:04and putting it on even quicker. Keep moving and enjoy your life.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17CHEERING AND SHRIEKING
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Not Tara, I'll never be like Tara.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25You know, eating spinach for breakfast and stuff, I wouldn't do it.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28But, yeah, I do, I include good food every single day now, yeah.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31And it's part of my life, you know.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33SHRIEKING
0:27:33 > 0:27:36CHEERING
0:27:36 > 0:27:38CHEERING
0:27:39 > 0:27:43Makes me realise just how much I achieved last year
0:27:43 > 0:27:45and how much I've let it go so now it's like,
0:27:45 > 0:27:49"Right, I'm looking to get off the heart-attack train I'm on
0:27:49 > 0:27:53"at the moment and see what new challenges it can bring."
0:27:53 > 0:27:55- You're hiding your medal, you know that?- I know that,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58but it's getting wet and filthy and I don't want it to get
0:27:58 > 0:28:00- wet and dirty. - Show it off, you've achieved that.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03I'll show it off when I'm changed! As much as I say she's crazy
0:28:03 > 0:28:07she's awesome and she will continue to help me change my life.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11And, I owe so much. I think I can quite safely say,
0:28:11 > 0:28:13"You've probably helped save my life..." and...
0:28:13 > 0:28:15- Ohhh, Tracy!- No...
0:28:15 > 0:28:19And continuing to do that every day. So, thank you.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21- You're welcome, it's my pleasure.- It's...
0:28:21 > 0:28:24you should be really proud of the work that you do,
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- cos you do change things.- Mwah! Thank you.- You're welcome!
0:28:27 > 0:28:29- Thank you so much. - You're welcome.- I'm going to
0:28:29 > 0:28:32- continue being a pain in your arse. - Good, cos we're friends now anyway.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34LAUGHTER
0:28:34 > 0:28:37- You go get dry now.- Yeah, I'm freezing. Let's go.- Come on!