0:00:03 > 0:00:04- Thank you.- You're welcome, sir.
0:00:07 > 0:00:08Roger Laughton is 46.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13OK, let's go through. Would you like to take a seat just on
0:00:13 > 0:00:16- the blue chair over there, please. - Thank you very much.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18He weighs 31 stone.
0:00:21 > 0:00:22I've never weighed myself,
0:00:22 > 0:00:25but I always knew I was getting bigger, because of my clothes.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29OK, if you could you step up on the scales.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30'It was just a big shock, you know.'
0:00:30 > 0:00:33My jaw, sort of, hit the floor, like, you know?
0:00:33 > 0:00:37Like one in four UK adults, Roger's obese.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Initially, if you could lie flat for me on the bed, please? OK.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44And it's pushing his health to the edge.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48It's extremely dangerous. He could be seriously ill.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51He's basically lucky to be alive, as he is, now.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56'It is very scary.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00'It does put you into a bit of a shock.'
0:01:03 > 0:01:07'They said "you need to lose weight drastically," so...'
0:01:08 > 0:01:10That's what I've started to do.
0:01:11 > 0:01:12Good, good, good.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Roger needs to lose nearly half his body weight.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- Taxi for Donna?- Yeah. - And he's not going it alone.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27His fellow drivers at the local taxi firm are all overweight, too,
0:01:27 > 0:01:29like Mike.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38- Push, push, push, push!- So, they're going on a drive to fitness.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Let's go, let's go, let's go!
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Can they turn around a lifetime of bad diet and little exercise
0:01:44 > 0:01:48and go from fat cabbies to fit cabbies?
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Hello? Where are you going? All right, see you soon.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08At the firm where Roger works,
0:02:08 > 0:02:12it seems being fat is an occupational hazard.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17'Being a taxi driver, you're sat down in 11 hours of the shift.'
0:02:19 > 0:02:20And you do put on weight. You do.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25'Getting in and out of the car was exercise enough.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28'Nine times out of ten, I have a chocolate bar, packet of crisps,'
0:02:28 > 0:02:30bottle of Coke. All bad for you. All extra sugar.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33But temptation's always there. And why does it taste so good?
0:02:33 > 0:02:35You know?
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Got your currant bun now, ain't you?
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Boss Liam Sheerin used to be massive.
0:02:43 > 0:02:44See you later!
0:02:44 > 0:02:49There is couple of pictures of me from last year, in Benidorm,
0:02:49 > 0:02:52before my lifestyle changed to what it's changed now.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Liam's lost almost 10 stone.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Push, push, push, push!
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Keep going, keep going.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- And that's inspired Roger to get a grip.- OK.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04With his fellow cabbies,
0:03:04 > 0:03:09he's joined a weight-loss group run by a community health team.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11This is torture!
0:03:11 > 0:03:15It's not just the obvious flab that needs to go.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19- Nice, nice!- Trainer Gavin wants to zap their internal,
0:03:19 > 0:03:21or visceral fat, too.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26Visceral fat is the dangerous fat around your organs.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Essentially, statistically,
0:03:27 > 0:03:31people who have high visceral fat are far more likely to get various
0:03:31 > 0:03:34diseases, such as chronic heart disease.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36So this is a key indicator that we look for.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39DANCE MUSIC PLAYS
0:03:39 > 0:03:44Visceral fat can also cause strokes, diabetes, and cancer.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Roger's is almost off the scale.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52When I first saw Roger step on,
0:03:52 > 0:03:54I thought it actually broke the machine,
0:03:54 > 0:03:58because his visceral fat was 50. Anything above 13,
0:03:58 > 0:04:02it starts to class as high. So, 50, you know,
0:04:02 > 0:04:04it's extremely dangerous.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06So our aim is to bring that visceral fat down
0:04:06 > 0:04:09and gradually improve his health.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Cabbie Mike is 30.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17At 20 stone, he's dangerously obese.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19So, he's on a diet.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25I'm actually making stir-fry with a bit of piri piri seasoning.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- A bit of couscous. - Couscous!- Couscous.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31The food that's so good, they named it twice.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Mike started piling on the pounds as a child.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37At five, he had to wear a hearing aid.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39That's when the teasing started.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44I went from being just a normal kid, if you like,
0:04:44 > 0:04:48to what I felt like an outsider. Just like that.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51And...
0:04:58 > 0:05:03..I still remember the bullying and the torment that I suffered.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08The name-calling. The jibes. Made me want to comfort eat.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12And then, because obviously I was comfort eating,
0:05:12 > 0:05:13I was putting on more weight.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16And then, because I was putting on more weight,
0:05:16 > 0:05:18they then found something else to...
0:05:20 > 0:05:21..to bully me for.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27It's early days, but girlfriend Georgina thinks the diet's working.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Does it look like I do bullshit?!
0:05:33 > 0:05:37I've seen a definite, like, change from him,
0:05:37 > 0:05:41where he is not as tired.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45When he... Because obviously, he does shift work,
0:05:45 > 0:05:48but he's not as tired.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51And he's much more happier in himself.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55And he tells me that every day!
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Mike's got a big incentive to lose weight.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02He's going to be a dad.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Not long.- Not long, at all.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09It could happen any day now, really.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- It could happen within the next ten minutes.- I bloody hope not!
0:06:21 > 0:06:23That's very nice.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25A bit hot.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26Never trust a thinker!
0:06:31 > 0:06:34From here, that's it. Push. Nice.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35And again.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Drive, drive, drop, good, good!
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Roger needs to lose a whopping 15 stone,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44so he's training five days a week.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50Try a bit back. No, go on, then. Go under. All yours. Good.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54'Rustic training, this is. It's not like going into a gym,
0:06:54 > 0:06:56'running on a treadmill or cycling a bike.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58'It's, you know, it's intense.'
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Well done, well done.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03'It is punishment'
0:07:03 > 0:07:07for all my life, that I've ruined my body!
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Three, two, one. Let's go. Good.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14For Roger, having Gavin pushing him on is vital.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Well done.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Good, good, good, good.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22I'll be just another person, sat at home or working.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24You know, not exercising.
0:07:24 > 0:07:30Eat what you want and carry on, as life is going, until it ends.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Three...
0:07:32 > 0:07:34two...one.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37Good.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42MUSIC: "Taxi" TV theme
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Roger works nights.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Shift work is linked to obesity, although it's not clear exactly why.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57But for Roger, a pit stop at the burger van had become routine.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05- Evening, Sean.- Evening, Rog.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09- All right? - He's learning to resist temptation.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11A bottle of water, please.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16- Cheers, buddy. - Cheers, man.- Thanks a lot.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Normally, I would have had a burger or something or a hot dog.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22- But I don't touch it no more.- No?
0:08:22 > 0:08:26I just stand here and yak with them, now and again.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29You ought to be really proud of yourself, mate, cos it's not easy.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- No.- Try working here, I tell you!
0:08:40 > 0:08:45Eight weeks in and, for the cabbies, it's the first weigh-in.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02Your fat mass went from 31.45 to 27.65.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- Can have a burger now, mate!- No!
0:09:09 > 0:09:11OK, Mike, if you'd like to step on, please.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Straight away, that's over a three kilo loss.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Take the handles, put them down by your sides.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Your metabolic rate has increased, which is fantastic.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29I'll admit now, there's times I wanted to kill you...
0:09:29 > 0:09:31But it's been worth it, cos there's brilliant scores.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34- Well done.- Brilliant.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36Next up, it's Roger.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42That is 19 kilos of weight loss.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46So that is, essentially, 2.973 stone.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48ROGER LOUDLY EXHALES
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- That's mad. - Yeah. It's working.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Well done, mate.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Thank you. Thanks, mate.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05Three stone.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07THEY APPLAUD
0:10:10 > 0:10:13For most of the cabbies, this is where the programme ends...
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Fantastic, guys. Really, really happy with...
0:10:21 > 0:10:23..but Roger wants to keep going...
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- Big cheer. - ALL:- Hooray!
0:10:28 > 0:10:31..using Gavin as his personal trainer.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36I reckon I could do another two stone in another six weeks,
0:10:36 > 0:10:40hopefully. Keep working at it every day like I have been.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Yeah. I want to get there.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45I think I'm going to reach my goal, I hope.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58But then, for Roger, there is a serious blow.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03He thought he had a chest infection,
0:11:03 > 0:11:07but a check-up revealed something much worse.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13I had my ECG and they found an arrhythmia problem.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19With, also, the onset of heart failure.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24So I've got to see a consultant and I've also got to stop driving.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27So... Cos it's that bad.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Roger can't work while he waits for more tests
0:11:38 > 0:11:41and his size is causing delays in itself.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47They cancelled my heart exam again,
0:11:47 > 0:11:50because they are saying that the bed in the Cumberland Centre
0:11:50 > 0:11:53won't hold my weight.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00I lost seven stone and they are still saying I'm too big, like,
0:12:00 > 0:12:01you know?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12I've been feeling a bit down in the last couple of weeks.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16I've not been able to work, at all.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18No work, no money.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22You know, sometimes I just stand and look out the window
0:12:22 > 0:12:23for hours on end!
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Because...oh, it's frustrating.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36But he's not giving up and nor is Gavin.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41We can still do resistance...
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Although even a short walk leaves Roger struggling.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Yeah.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48COUGHING
0:12:48 > 0:12:49Excuse me.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54You just feel half a man, sometimes, especially when you don't work.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58- And I've worked all my life. - So, essentially, just keep positive,
0:12:58 > 0:12:59doing the right things.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- That's right, yeah.- Tablets, water tablets will kick in
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- and weight loss will be more visual.- Yeah.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06And just see this as part of your journey.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Start walking back.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Gavin's not giving up on him,
0:13:14 > 0:13:20but all Roger can do now is sit tight and wait for a diagnosis.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24ROGER COUGHS REPEATEDLY
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Come on, push, push, push! Keep going!
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Whilst Roger's at a standstill, Mike's going from strength...
0:13:31 > 0:13:33..to strength.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35That's fantastic.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36Brilliant, mate.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Good, good, keep going.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Excellent.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44MUSIC: Work That Body by Diana Ross
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Come on, let's go.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56He's carried on training with Gavin
0:13:56 > 0:13:59and even taken to the dreaded burpees.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Come on, big finish, big finish.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- Well, almost.- Well done.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07How do you feel about burpees?
0:14:07 > 0:14:08I hate them.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09I hate them.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Two words - hate...them.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Three, two, one...
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Sprint, sprint, sprint!
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Go, go, go!
0:14:21 > 0:14:25I'll be honest with you, I came that close to saying I just can't do it.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- I came that close. - Full speed, full speed, full speed.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31I don't care if it's got to take me until next year to do this, either.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- I'll get there. - Well done. Excellent.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37You did well.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Gavin thinks Mike needs a confidence boost.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47So, he's set him a challenge, at the local sports centre.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- Tickle! - And guess who has come along?
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Mike is now a dad, to Henry.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58It's a long way up.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01It's all right, I'll come down eventually.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Don't worry. I will. Daddy is not going to go anywhere.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Daddy is not going to stay up there.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Only one problem...
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Mike's terrified of heights.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15'The big thing for Mike is his confidence.'
0:15:15 > 0:15:18When he is confident, he is, you know, incredible.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22'Hopefully, the results today will show him that he is going
0:15:22 > 0:15:23'in the right direction.'
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- You ready, Mike?- No. No!
0:15:31 > 0:15:33- Cool.- Here we go.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41- Right up high!- Hey!- Oh, God. One foot on, that's it. The other foot.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44BLEEP
0:15:44 > 0:15:45- Relax!- BLEEP hell!
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- Nearly there!- Well done!
0:15:48 > 0:15:49APPLAUSE
0:15:49 > 0:15:51MIKE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:15:51 > 0:15:53It's all right, I ain't going to fall.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58Small steps, small step. Relax, relax. Hold this.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59Hold this. Good. good.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Sidesteps. Good, well done.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Brilliant. Keep going.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10And then feet on. One feet, feet on.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15BLEEP BLEEP
0:16:17 > 0:16:19OK, mate.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Well done, mate. Well done.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24You did well, you did well. Good.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Don't you ever make me do that again!
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Brilliant. You did well.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34He's exhausted, but the toughest part is still to come -
0:16:34 > 0:16:36a ten-metre wall climb.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Imagine how great it is going to feel when you have got to the top.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42God help me.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48- Ready, mate? Yeah?- Let's give it a go.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Good, excellent, mate. Good start. That's a nice one.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Lift your feet up. Good.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Next leg, lift up to the good one.
0:16:57 > 0:16:58Perfect.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- All right. BLEEP - That grey one looks good.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Now, big push up.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Mike makes a great start...
0:17:13 > 0:17:15..but halfway up, he freezes.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20- Guys, guys, no.- You've got the grips, you need to...
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Gav, Gav, no.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23Gav.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Gav, Gav, no.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Guys, I want to come back down. Guys, guys, I'm coming back down.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Gav!
0:17:29 > 0:17:32If he gives up, he will have his mum to answer to.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37HEAVY BREATHING
0:17:42 > 0:17:45If you come back down, you will always regret it.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Now, keep going. Come on!
0:17:49 > 0:17:51CHEERING
0:17:51 > 0:17:52Go on, mate.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57That's it. Good! Well done, well done.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00HEAVY BREATHING
0:18:00 > 0:18:01You can do this.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04- I want to go back down. - You can do this.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07- Why won't you let me go back down? - Cos we want you to get to the top.
0:18:07 > 0:18:08This is, look...
0:18:08 > 0:18:13At the top is all the goals you have got, feeling better for yourself.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15This is at the top. You playing football with Henry,
0:18:15 > 0:18:20that's at the top. All these things are based on conquering challenges.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24After over an hour on the wall, Mike is beaten.
0:18:24 > 0:18:29- Can you just let me down, please? - Next one, next one. Next one.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33- Why? I'm absolutely aching, I'm knackered.- Right, step back.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36APPLAUSE
0:18:40 > 0:18:44You, literally, had two metres to go. You were there.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50I don't want to hear you say give up again. Because you can do it.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Roger is hoping that, for him, things are looking up, too.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03He has finally got a hospital appointment.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06I'm hoping that I will get the all-clear, to say
0:19:06 > 0:19:09that I will be, you know. I'm OK, my heart, there's nothing
0:19:09 > 0:19:13wrong with my heart. So, that's what I'm hoping for today.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20If you could take your shirt off, please?
0:19:23 > 0:19:26If you could lie flat for me on the bed, please?
0:19:26 > 0:19:27OK.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41COUGHING
0:19:46 > 0:19:49OK, you're just going to hear some sounds
0:19:49 > 0:19:51of the blood flow going through the valves, OK?
0:19:53 > 0:19:57SOUND WAVES WASH
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Roger's swollen up with retained water.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09He can no longer tell what is fat and what is fluid
0:20:09 > 0:20:12and what it is all doing to his organs.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Time to see the specialist...
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- Mr Wilson? Jonathan Daniels. - Oh, lovely. Yep, thank you.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35..and get some answers.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46- OK. Thanks for coming.- Thank you. - Finally got to see you.- Yeah!
0:20:46 > 0:20:50OK, well, you have got a couple of problems with the heart.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53What we have found is that you have this condition, atrial fibrillation,
0:20:53 > 0:20:58with an irregular pulse, where your heart is going too fast.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01And we have also found that the heart has become swollen
0:21:01 > 0:21:05and isn't pumping as efficiently as it should.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07The heart problems have caused the water retention.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11If something is not done, fluid could back up dangerously
0:21:11 > 0:21:13into his lungs.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17What we are planning to do is improve your medication,
0:21:17 > 0:21:22so that you get fewer symptoms and lose a lot of this excess fluid
0:21:22 > 0:21:26and end up less breathless.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Will I be able to go back exercising, to the gym?
0:21:28 > 0:21:32Yeah, we'd want you to do that. You will need to build it up slowly
0:21:32 > 0:21:34over a period of probably six months.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38- Yeah, no problem. - OK. Great. All right.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- Nice to meet you.- Thank you very much. Nice to meet you, too.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Roger has done his best to reverse a lifetime of bad habits,
0:21:44 > 0:21:49but at 46, his heart is irreversibly damaged.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Is he going to have atrial fibrillation the rest of his life? Yes, he might have.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59And he'll probably have to take tablets for the rest of his life, to look after his heart.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03It's serious, but Roger doesn't seem to have taken it all in.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09It's still a problem with the heart, but it's not major.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Get the tablets in, get back to exercising
0:22:13 > 0:22:14and get back to work.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Yeah, that's the plan.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29But, just a few weeks later, Roger is back in hospital.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39I went to get some pain relief for my legs,
0:22:39 > 0:22:42because my legs are blistered up with the water
0:22:42 > 0:22:46and they found out I had a problem with my breathing.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48So they rushed me right into hospital
0:22:48 > 0:22:51and they found that my kidneys wasn't working properly,
0:22:51 > 0:22:56a problem with my breathing and some water on my lungs, yeah.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03The doctors are trying to drain the excess water from his body.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Have you had much to drink this afternoon?
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- No.- Blood pressure is a bit low.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15- Yeah.- Try and have a drink, OK? - Yeah, no problem. Thank you.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19It is very scary and it does put you into a bit of a shock, yeah.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24You know...it does worry me.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29Roger's finally waking up to the risks of being so overweight.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34You know, don't get as big.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Don't put on the weight. It's not worth it.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40It does cause a lot of medical problems
0:23:40 > 0:23:44and dangerous ones, as well. In my eyes, you know, I think,
0:23:44 > 0:23:49I could have prevented it, a lot more years ago, than...
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Than what I have, you know?
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Three weeks later, it's the final weigh-in.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05In for another weigh-in, mate. All good.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08And incredibly, Roger has made it.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12After a month in hospital, he's pulled through.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16OK, guys. So, back at my joint nine and a half months later
0:24:16 > 0:24:18from our first weigh-in.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21So, obviously, you have done fantastic.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23That will show in the results. I'm really proud of the progress
0:24:23 > 0:24:27you have both made and, today, it is just going to confirm that, really.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31Nine months ago, Mike weighed 20 stone
0:24:31 > 0:24:35and at just 30 years old, was dangerously fat.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36This is torture!
0:24:36 > 0:24:38He's hit the wall...
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Guys, I want to come back down.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43..and become a dad.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47But has he conquered the scales?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49If you would like to step on, please.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52That's it.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59- Just relax. - I can't relax. I can't relax!
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Mike, you can step off. I'll just go through the scores with you.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08So, we have lost weight again since the last weigh-in we've done.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Very close. Nearly got that three stone mark.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12So, that's fantastic. That's what you wanted.
0:25:14 > 0:25:15Nearly, nearly there.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17He wants to lose more,
0:25:17 > 0:25:22but now, three stone lighter and with almost normal internal fat,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Mike is no longer morbidly obese.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Having Henry was a big motivation for you.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- A massive, massive motivation. - Massive motivation.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35As soon as Henry was born, that was a real incentive then to carry on.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38- It's been an amazing journey.- Yeah. And you can look forward to now,
0:25:38 > 0:25:41at 30 years old, if you continue to improve your health,
0:25:41 > 0:25:43you will live a long time for Henry.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Brilliant.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50Here.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- Well done, Mike. Feel good? - Yeah, amazing.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Now, it is Roger's turn.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Go on, then. All yours.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07A year ago, he weighed 31 stone.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09I've done exercise, but never like this.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12His heart problems put a stop to any exercise.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17He probably will have to take tablets for the rest of his life.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21But, he has kept to a strict diet. Has it been enough?
0:26:22 > 0:26:25OK, if you would just like to step on the scales, please.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34You can step off, if you like. Just writing out the scores for you.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38OK. So, Roger.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Unbelievable. Absolutely incredible.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46Your visceral fat down to 25, from 50.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51- So your health risk is cut..- Right in half.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- That is absolutely fantastic. Just that bit alone.- Yeah.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57But I've got some more good news, from the scores.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02Today, your weight is 123 kilos,
0:27:02 > 0:27:05which is 11 and a half stone in weight loss.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07- Brilliant. - 11 and a half stone weight loss.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09- So...- Fantastic.- Fantastic.
0:27:11 > 0:27:1411 and a half stone. You have actually lost more than I weigh.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- You have lost more than I weigh. - That's good.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18I'm half the man of what I used to be.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Yeah. Brilliant.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25By shedding more than 11 stone, Roger has halved his internal fat,
0:27:25 > 0:27:29potentially adding years onto his life.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32You are an inspiration. You really turned your life around.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- Yeah, too right.- And you can look forward to the future now.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Oh, yeah. Yeah, too right.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43- Cheers, mate.- Happy days. - Thank you. Thank you.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47- Well impressed. You are looking really good.- Thank you. Thank you.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52I've had ups and downs, illness, hospitals.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54But, yeah...
0:27:55 > 0:27:57..I am very proud.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Can we get a smile? No?
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Just going to give me evils.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04'I look at life now'
0:28:04 > 0:28:09and I feel amazing. Every day I wake up and I feel amazing.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Who knows what's going to happen with the baby.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Maybe, hopefully, he'll be half the man I used to be, as well!
0:28:17 > 0:28:20It's been a rough ride for Roger.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22He's got to learn to live with a heart condition,
0:28:22 > 0:28:26but at least he is finally in the driving seat
0:28:26 > 0:28:28on the road to recovering his health.