0:00:02 > 0:00:04We're a couple of blokes with a mission in life.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07To cook great tasting food all of us can relish.
0:00:07 > 0:00:08We're the Hairy Bikers.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11And there's less of us than there used to be.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13WOLF-WHISTLE
0:00:13 > 0:00:15'Six weeks back, Si and I got some sobering news.'
0:00:15 > 0:00:1938.1% fat!
0:00:19 > 0:00:20You're classified as obese.
0:00:20 > 0:00:25The only way of losing this weight is to reduce the calories you take in.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28'Confronted with the big, fat truth, we've embarked
0:00:28 > 0:00:32'on a three-month mission to lose two-and-a-half stone.'
0:00:32 > 0:00:36Just step on them, Kingy, step on, it'll be fine.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40'And our families are with us through the ups and the downs.'
0:00:40 > 0:00:42He goes angry, he shouts at you for a little bit,
0:00:42 > 0:00:45then he's happy again, it's really, really strange.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Camembert, brie, mozzarella!
0:00:48 > 0:00:52When Dave's hungry, he gets a little bit stroppy.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55I can't have cheese, and I love cheese!
0:00:55 > 0:00:59'In this series we've set ourselves a challenge of reinventing
0:00:59 > 0:01:03'the food we love, making it small on calories, but big on flavour.'
0:01:03 > 0:01:07It's that sizzle in the morning. You don't have to give it up.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10'Dishes so mouth-watering we can look forward to mealtime
0:01:10 > 0:01:13'and to a leaner, lighter us.'
0:01:13 > 0:01:15You could eat all those and not get fat.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18'It's not just our taste buds getting a workout.'
0:01:20 > 0:01:23'We've ditched our motorbikes in favour of pedal power.'
0:01:23 > 0:01:25'I'm loving it!'
0:01:25 > 0:01:27'But I'm finding it a bit of a pain in the backside.'
0:01:27 > 0:01:30I've got to get some gel seats for these.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34'Getting to grips with our new life
0:01:34 > 0:01:37'means coming to terms with our past weight issues.'
0:01:37 > 0:01:39I think it went wrong when I went to college.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41I discovered curry and beer.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44I was a stone for every age.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46I was nine stone at nine,
0:01:46 > 0:01:48I was 10 stone at 10, I was 11 stone at 11,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- and that's when it stopped. - That's big for an 11-year-old.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55'Before we started our weight-loss journey,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58'we were on around 3,500 calories a day.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02'In our first month we cut back to 1,300.'
0:02:02 > 0:02:03'But then doctors orders.'
0:02:03 > 0:02:07You have to cut back your food even more to keep up the same rate of weight loss.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12'We're now down to 1,200 calories in a bid to keep shedding the pounds.'
0:02:12 > 0:02:16'By cooking clever, we've already created delicious,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19'light versions of the food we love to eat when we're at home.'
0:02:19 > 0:02:24'It's been doing the business, too - after a month I'd lost a stone.'
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Brilliant! Get in!
0:02:26 > 0:02:29'There was nearly a stone-and-a-half less of me.'
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- You see?!- Wow!
0:02:31 > 0:02:36'Joining us is a bunch of like-minded foodies - the big eaters.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40'We're supporting each other in our quest to lose weight and still love food.'
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Everybody's so motivated now, so I think now it's a time
0:02:43 > 0:02:47we can really, really get going and, um...
0:02:47 > 0:02:48melt some lard!
0:02:48 > 0:02:51That looks bloody good.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53'This gastro band of brothers and sisters
0:02:53 > 0:02:56'are helping us to road-test our recipes.'
0:02:56 > 0:02:59'And coming up with some gems of their own.'
0:02:59 > 0:03:00This is really nice.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05'So far in our culinary adventure we've cracked low-cal breakfasts,
0:03:05 > 0:03:09'Sunday lunches, and hearty suppers, so we're sorted.'
0:03:09 > 0:03:12'Yes, but eventually you've got to go out in the big wide world
0:03:12 > 0:03:17'and eat somebody else's food. And lurking out there
0:03:17 > 0:03:22'is a minefield of full-fat temptation just waiting for us.'
0:03:22 > 0:03:24'Well, there's nothing for it, mate.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27'We can't lock ourselves up for ever, so we need to reinvent
0:03:27 > 0:03:31'the food out there that we love, yet still lose weight.'
0:03:32 > 0:03:34- TEARFULLY:- Can we go now?
0:03:34 > 0:03:37'We'll reengineer fully loaded meat pies...'
0:03:37 > 0:03:39- Kingy, it's a pie. - That's a pie, dude.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40'..into skinny pies.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43'Streamline the doorstep sandwich...'
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Belter. That's a good packed lunch.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48'..and create light but tantalising takeaways.'
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- I'm doing Indian! - I'll do the Chinese! Hai-yah!
0:04:01 > 0:04:05'You know, Dave, us Brits can't resist smacking, eating out,
0:04:05 > 0:04:08'takeaways and fast food - it's a national obsession.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12'Just last year, we munched through nearly £50 billion worth of food,
0:04:12 > 0:04:15'neither prepared nor cooked by ourselves.'
0:04:15 > 0:04:19'And we're paying the price for giving into temptation.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21'The proportion of obese blokes like us
0:04:21 > 0:04:24'has nearly doubled in less than two decades.'
0:04:24 > 0:04:28'Leading the glamorous TV highlife has meant years of indulging
0:04:28 > 0:04:31'our food urges and giving in to temptation out on the road.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34'And it shows.'
0:04:34 > 0:04:35'That's right.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39'We couldn't resist our bacon sarnies slathered with butter,
0:04:39 > 0:04:42'or blowout pub lunches and lavish, late-night takeaways.'
0:04:42 > 0:04:44I love curry.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46You should film him sometimes ordering takeaway,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48he just doesn't stop.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Even the person he's on the phone with
0:04:50 > 0:04:53sometimes tell him, "I think that's enough!"
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Got to find a way of having it on our diet!
0:04:57 > 0:05:00'But, Dave, we have to ask ourselves, is it possible
0:05:00 > 0:05:04'to stay within our 1,200 calories a day limit
0:05:04 > 0:05:07'and deliver the tempting treats we miss so much?'
0:05:10 > 0:05:13'Now we're halfway through our weight-loss adventure,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16'the challenge is to find the willpower to keep going.'
0:05:17 > 0:05:19It's good, this, there's no calories in an ice cube, dude.
0:05:19 > 0:05:20- You know what I mean?- Yeah.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23That one.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26'And when I'm wavering, I've got my little trouper
0:05:26 > 0:05:29'to remind me of why I'm doing this.'
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Being healthier and losing more weight
0:05:31 > 0:05:33makes my dad feel really happy, you can tell.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Like, it makes him really, like...
0:05:36 > 0:05:37well, happy.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Well, do you know what that is?
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Smoothie.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Mm-hm. Going to be leaner, meaner, faster and fitter.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47- Aren't we?- Yeah.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50- Which would be great for your rugby. - Yeah.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52And it's good for me just walking around!
0:05:56 > 0:05:58At the moment I think Si's finding it quite difficult.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01I think sometimes he probably feels hungry.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05There are foodstuffs that he probably craves, you know.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09I think that is making his mood swing.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12'Some days, when I get on the scales,
0:06:12 > 0:06:14'I feel like I've hit a weight-loss wall.'
0:06:16 > 0:06:18I've lost a pound.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23It's not easy, losing a pound.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Not at this point in the game, you know.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27I tell you what the problem is -
0:06:27 > 0:06:32yesterday, because Dylan has diabetes
0:06:32 > 0:06:34he has two have a certain amount of carbohydrates,
0:06:34 > 0:06:38so what I did for him, um...
0:06:38 > 0:06:40I did him a steak sandwich.
0:06:41 > 0:06:47And as I was cutting it, the amount of willpower it took
0:06:47 > 0:06:50for me to go to Dyl, "I'm sorry, you haven't got a sandwich,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53"BECAUSE I'VE EATEN IT!"
0:06:53 > 0:06:55was a lot.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01But I did it all the same, and went and had an apple.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07'At the moment, I'm just taking every day as it comes.'
0:07:09 > 0:07:13'I've read that one of the benefits of getting leaner
0:07:13 > 0:07:16'is increased testosterone, the hormone essential for health,
0:07:16 > 0:07:20'well-being and other good things.'
0:07:20 > 0:07:21Look at that.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Look at that, rock.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Go on, hit me, hit me.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Hit me, look at that, cast iron. I've got ribs and everything now.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32He's a happy person, he's starting to be a happy person now.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Look at you, chocolate.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35No! I don't want it.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37He doesn't want it.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39'He's more confident'
0:07:39 > 0:07:41in the way he looks,
0:07:41 > 0:07:43and I think that makes a big impact on his, um...
0:07:45 > 0:07:46..psyche.
0:07:46 > 0:07:52And, yes, he's more attentive and, um...
0:07:55 > 0:07:57What can I say?
0:07:57 > 0:08:00What did you tell the doctor, then?
0:08:00 > 0:08:03That I'm feeling a bit more, you know, frisky.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06SHE LAUGHS
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Except you're into chocolate and white wine,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10so it's neutralising the effect, really.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13No, it doesn't! Chocolate is an aphrodisiac.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14What about the white wine?
0:08:16 > 0:08:17For me, it is.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Ah.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21We're on a win-win then, aren't we?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30'Me and Kingy are more the norm, not the exception,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32'when it comes to being lardies.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35'Nearly two in three of us Brits are overweight or obese.'
0:08:35 > 0:08:38'And we've discovered that having the support of a group
0:08:38 > 0:08:41'is the most effective way to lose weight,
0:08:41 > 0:08:43'so we've started our own the big eaters.'
0:08:43 > 0:08:47'They all love their food and want recipes to help them
0:08:47 > 0:08:50'win the battle of the bulge, but before joining our gang
0:08:50 > 0:08:53'big-eater Liz had already lost over 12 stone.'
0:08:53 > 0:08:55This picture is of me
0:08:55 > 0:08:59with my younger brothers and sisters I'd say about five years ago.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03I was probably about 22 stone there.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06I did get up to 25 stone 10.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09I was eating a lot of fast food, takeaways.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13I'd never really started cooking proper food for myself before.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16So this is my salmon.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20'Liz has been cooking our new dishes and creating her own
0:09:20 > 0:09:24'slimline meals to help shed her last couple of stone.'
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Stick that in there. Right, tea's ready.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31So we've got salmon, we've got broccoli, sweet potato,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34green beans, cabbage and carrots.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36There we go. Yum.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40'Like the rest of the gang, chef Andrew is determined to fight the flab,
0:09:40 > 0:09:43'but he's decided not to follow our recipes,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45'he's creating his own.'
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Everybody else is counting calories.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49For me, that's not the way forward.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52I'm following a diet that's very well-known,
0:09:52 > 0:09:55and I believe the proof will be in the pudding.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03'It wasn't all success at the scales at the end of our first month.'
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- Oh! I've put weight on! - It's not that much, though.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- Three pounds off for you. - I'm embarrassed now.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13You put six pounds on! You see?
0:10:15 > 0:10:19'Our new mates are definitely going to need some motivating, Si.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24'Big-eater Anne's got a lot to lose, at over 19-and-a-half stone.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27'You know, she was once a svelte eight-and-a-half.'
0:10:31 > 0:10:33'She's lost a couple of pounds so far,
0:10:33 > 0:10:35'but I think she might be struggling.'
0:10:35 > 0:10:38'Why do you think she's finding it so hard?
0:10:38 > 0:10:42'She's got a good, healthy outdoor job running a fishing lake.'
0:10:42 > 0:10:44'Let's investigate.'
0:10:44 > 0:10:48Come on, lads, I'll show you the bait shop and tuck shop.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- Ah. Is this your nemesis?- It is.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Don't touch it! Don't touch it, Anne!
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Once opened, you've got to eat it.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58So, just go through your normal day.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00So, you'd come in here and you're faced
0:11:00 > 0:11:04- with this plethora of temptation... - Seven o'clock in the morning, we open.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Till eight o'clock at night.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10The two times I have a problem with, getting up at five o'clock,
0:11:10 > 0:11:13get your breakfast early, then at 11 o'clock,
0:11:13 > 0:11:17I'm really, really feeling my blood sugar's going and I need something.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20If I've got one of these open, I'll have one square.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23What about not having that square?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- Just don't have it.- Right.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Just for the meantime, because if it's not satisfying you...
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- It's not, and I feel guilty. - Well, stop it, then.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37I know, I must admit, when you look - 560 calories. And do you know,
0:11:37 > 0:11:43I spent half an hour on my treadmill, and I'm dead slow, I really am
0:11:43 > 0:11:4746 calories I burnt in half an hour!
0:11:47 > 0:11:49And I thought... And I'd ate that!
0:11:49 > 0:11:51And I thought, "Cripes!"
0:11:51 > 0:11:53And that's my other killer.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55"Per 30 grams serving."
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Who has a serving of crisps? You have a bag!
0:11:58 > 0:12:02And I used to eat two of them and three of them a day. Plus my food.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Crumbs.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12'Ooh-er! Anne's got a real dilemma,
0:12:12 > 0:12:16'surrounded all day by the devil's snacks.'
0:12:16 > 0:12:17'I know!
0:12:17 > 0:12:20'One of those chocolate bars and a bag of crisps -
0:12:20 > 0:12:21'that's around 500 calories.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25'That's nearly half our whole day's allowance!'
0:12:28 > 0:12:30I need a favour asking.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33I need to be able to take something out, something that'll help us
0:12:33 > 0:12:36stop picking on the chocolates, on the crisps.
0:12:36 > 0:12:41I need something that's savoury,
0:12:41 > 0:12:43not massively...
0:12:43 > 0:12:45fattening,
0:12:45 > 0:12:50that'll help us with my hunger pangs.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54'Now, how are we going to help Anne, Dave?
0:12:54 > 0:12:57'Well, she's a hard-working northern lass,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00'and what have folk around these parts been eating for centuries?'
0:13:00 > 0:13:04'Ooh, mouth-watering, substantial and golden -
0:13:04 > 0:13:06'lovely pies, dude!'
0:13:06 > 0:13:11'That's right! But a slimline pie? Surely it's an impossibility.'
0:13:11 > 0:13:14They love pies, absolutely love them.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16It is quite a northern thing.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Everything surely is better in a pastry case.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26'34 million of us Brits eat a pie at least once a week day,
0:13:26 > 0:13:28'but they're calorific.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31'There's over 700 calories in a pork pie,
0:13:31 > 0:13:34'and around 650 in a chicken and leek.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37'But, remember what Professor Ashley told us
0:13:37 > 0:13:41'40% and more of what we were eating before was fat.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44'and we know there's lots of it in a classic pie.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48'But just how bad can it be?'
0:13:48 > 0:13:51'Well, there's a man in my neck of the woods who'll know.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54'Russell Walsh has been making award-winning,
0:13:54 > 0:13:57'handmade pies at his family-run shop for 24 years.'
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Russell?
0:14:00 > 0:14:02- Hello, girls.- Hello, guys.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- Hello. - Hello. Nice to see you again.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06- Good morning. - Nice to see you, mate.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10What can you do to make a low-calorie pie?
0:14:10 > 0:14:12How do you do it?
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I don't know if it can be done. I don't know if it can be done.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19'Oh, flaming Nora, that's an encouraging start!'
0:14:19 > 0:14:22'Aye, shall we get our coats now?'
0:14:22 > 0:14:24This is where we make all the pies.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Oh, is that PIE-thagoras?
0:14:26 > 0:14:28LAUGHTER
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Flour, lard, salt.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41I think all three of us, as cooks, we all agree that lard does make
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- superb pastry, especially for savoury items.- Without a doubt.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47The texture and everything's great.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Lard's got lower saturated fat than butter - would you believe it?
0:14:50 > 0:14:53And secondly, I say lard is good fat
0:14:53 > 0:14:56because it's none of your hydrogenated rubbish.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00'Clearly, what makes a pie a pie is its pastry,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03'and it's plain as day that's where our problem lies.'
0:15:03 > 0:15:06But you know, there's no getting away from it, Russell,
0:15:06 > 0:15:07that's quite a high fat content.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Oh, absolutely.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14Which gives you that crumbly, golden crust that we all love so much.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19What would the calorie count be, say, do you know,
0:15:19 > 0:15:21of one of your average, like a meat and veg?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24About 800 calories.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28'800?! Crumbs!
0:15:28 > 0:15:31'Right, we'll have to cut those in half,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34'but how can we do that and keep the unctuous flavour?'
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Look at that, it's like a supermodel's inner thigh, isn't it?
0:15:41 > 0:15:43I reckon we've lost off our bellies
0:15:43 > 0:15:4610 times the amount that's in that pot.
0:15:46 > 0:15:4710 times!
0:15:47 > 0:15:51How are you going to make a low-calorie pie?
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Quite. Quite.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Look at his face.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59You're not convinced, are you? I can see in your face.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02I'm not sure. A pie's a pie.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- A pie's a pie.- I know, man, but we want one, and we're fat!
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- Have you not had any yet?- No!
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Steady on, Russell, there's no room for pies and prejudice.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Oh, no!
0:16:13 > 0:16:15They're coming out all day, these, you know, they are!
0:16:16 > 0:16:19'That Russell thinks we're bonkers, Kingy.'
0:16:19 > 0:16:21'Right, mate, let's try and prove him wrong.'
0:16:21 > 0:16:25I think the Potster has thrown down the gauntlet, hasn't he?
0:16:25 > 0:16:27That's it. "You can't make a pie a like that."
0:16:27 > 0:16:30If it's got a crust, it's portable, and it's got to be top and bottom.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33The thing is, you could be kind of frugal and say,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36"Well, just put a pastry top on." You can't eat it.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39I mean, think of Anne, sitting out there with a fishing rod.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41She wants a pie.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45'Russell's lard is out, Kingy.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47'I don't want to go back to the good doctor
0:16:47 > 0:16:50'and hear my percentage body fat's gone up, not down!'
0:16:50 > 0:16:54'I never want to hear "you're over 40% fat" ever again!'
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Why don't we start with what we know?
0:16:58 > 0:17:04So we'll start with the classics, onion, celery, carrot.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Building blocks of flavour.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Potatoes!
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Good, lean mince, stock, and a few embellishments,
0:17:13 > 0:17:16just to beef that flavour up.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- Yeah, chillies!- Yeah? - Chilli beef meat and potato pie.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Now, there's no oil in here, so we're dry-frying this.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27'Dry frying is second nature to us now.'
0:17:27 > 0:17:29'But lean mince still has some fat in it,
0:17:29 > 0:17:35'which helps the veg caramelise and gives it a lush, meaty flavour.'
0:17:35 > 0:17:37You know, I still think my favourite pie is meat and potato.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- It's a classic.- Yeah, you cannae whack it, can you?
0:17:40 > 0:17:43It is just quintessentially the pie of pies.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45'We're all right with the filling,
0:17:45 > 0:17:48'but it's the pastry that's the elephant in the room.'
0:17:48 > 0:17:52'Hey, Dave, if you take the butter or lard out of pastry,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54'what you've got is essentially a bread dough.'
0:17:54 > 0:17:57'True, Kingy, or - even better - pizza dough.'
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Ready-bought pizza base mixes.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02They're really low in fat.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Basically, it's a bread dough mix, but it's a pizza,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- so it's bread dough you can roll out.- Yeah.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10All we do is add the hot water,
0:18:10 > 0:18:12according to the instructions on the packet,
0:18:12 > 0:18:15make a dough, and use that instead of pastry.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- Well, that's good, because it's malleable...- Yeah.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- ..it's tough...- Yeah.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23..it's low in fat, as you said...
0:18:23 > 0:18:27Yeah, no butter, no lard, as there would be in ordinary pastry.
0:18:27 > 0:18:28..and it browns nicely.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32'It's a plan, Kingy.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34'But will it give us that scrumptious,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37'chewy texture of a real, full-fat pie?'
0:18:40 > 0:18:43You know when this diet's finished, Kingy?
0:18:43 > 0:18:47I'm going to weigh up bags of rocks till I get to what I've lost.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48And then just sit and look at it.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Yeah, and then make myself lift it and run up the stairs with it,
0:18:52 > 0:18:56just to remind myself that's what will happen again if I put it all back on.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03'On this low-cal adventure, our mantra is flavour,
0:19:03 > 0:19:05'flavour and more flavour.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07'There's no need for slimline food to be dull,
0:19:07 > 0:19:11'so we're adding ketchup, brown sauce and Worcestershire.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15'And, for spice, chilli flakes and chilli powder.'
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Give it a good stir, and the stock will help cook the potatoes.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Again, no calories in pepper.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30'Actually, there is, Si. Not many, but they all count.'
0:19:30 > 0:19:33If this crust works, I'll be made up.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37Cos I think we thought this was going to be one of the biggest dieting challenges, didn't we?
0:19:37 > 0:19:38Without a doubt, mate.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42And particularly with the pressure of the pie-master, do you know what I mean?
0:19:44 > 0:19:47That looks like a really good pie filling.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51Dave, honestly, it's just the loveliest, loveliest of flavour.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Put your finger in that and have a taste of that.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Sweet, savoury, lush.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02'We need to make sure our pie is skinny,
0:20:02 > 0:20:04'but we're not scrimping on the filling.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08'Every little bit extra will add to the taste sensation.'
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Just a big spoonful of pleasure in each pie.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13One...
0:20:13 > 0:20:14Two...
0:20:14 > 0:20:18There's no half measures for our Anne, you know.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20We want these little beauties to be a feast
0:20:20 > 0:20:23for the eyes, as well as the belly, so I'm brushing them with milk.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28For just a few calories, it'll turn them a lovely brown-golden colour
0:20:28 > 0:20:30just like the real thing.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33So, here we go.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Look, I've lost weight - look at me watch.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36Look at that, it's hanging.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- Nice.- Oh! We've just got to wait and smell it.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Shall we go and run around the garden? Come on.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Come on, it's nice, you haven't been there for ages. Chase me.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01'Catch me if you can!
0:21:01 > 0:21:03'Will you stop showing off, Myers!'
0:21:10 > 0:21:13- You've got some nice plants.- Aye.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Oh!
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- Oh!- Is it poppable?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Yes! It's a pie.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- Kingy, it's a pie. - That's a pie, dude.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Do you think it could be any more golden? It looks like a pie.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- That looks like a pie. It looks like a pie.- It's a pie.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40- A pie that you get out of a tin.- Yeah.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45It's pie-fect, look, and it's got a gravy ooze on the top.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48- What does it feel like? - It feels like a pie of substance.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50- Feel it.- Oh, yeah.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52But it's more than a pie, and less than most,
0:21:52 > 0:21:54it's 300 calories.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00'335 to be precise, Dave! We've made it - and more!
0:22:00 > 0:22:04'That's less than half of Russell's full-fat pies.'
0:22:04 > 0:22:08The average man intake is 2,500 a day.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13In theory, you could eat all those and not get fat.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20Oh... Oh...
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Mmm.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Well, it's true what they say.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28There are deep, unbridled...
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- base pleasures when eating a pie. - Yeah.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35- And this one is no exception.- No.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40We did it, Kingy. Let's hunt down Anne so she too can share
0:22:40 > 0:22:43in the pleasures of guilt-free pie.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49- It's like big-game hunting but with pies for bait.- Isn't it?
0:22:49 > 0:22:53MUSIC: Theme from "Born Free"
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- What's she got, Kingy? - Oh, she's eating something.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Oh, no, what is it?
0:22:57 > 0:22:59I bet it's something like a humongous chocolate bar.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Flaming Nora!
0:23:01 > 0:23:03- What has she got? - She's eating a banana.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- You're joking?- No, I'm not.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07She might be eating a banana
0:23:07 > 0:23:13but can you see that bubble above her head, she's thinking about pies.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15- Good morning, Anne.- Morning, Anne.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- Good day, good day. - Hello, darling, how are you?
0:23:18 > 0:23:22- Champion. Lovely to see you. - You're looking trimmer.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26We, I think, are about to present you with a food epiphany.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Something that you can be naughty with but...
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Guilt-free. Guilt-free.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33- Sounds nice.- Close your eyes.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38It's a hot, deep filled, guilt-free pie.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- Oh, that looks scrumptious! - Doesn't it?
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Oh, God, it's a long time since I've eaten a pie.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45Mmm...
0:23:47 > 0:23:48Mmm...
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Do you know what I mean?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54- It is delicious.- Good, eh? - It is excellent.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Oh, good, because you were our acid test.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58THEY LAUGH
0:23:58 > 0:24:01That's coming in at around about 300 calories.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05That's scrumptious. Sorry, lads, but it's lush.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07She's the best food critic we've ever had.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08It is fantastic.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11'Hopefully, our skinny pies will stop Anne's little pinkies
0:24:11 > 0:24:15'from dipping into the chocolate, but temptation is always the monkey on your back
0:24:15 > 0:24:17'when you're watching the calories.'
0:24:17 > 0:24:19That's right, Kingy.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Big-eater Laura, who plays second row for her local rugby team
0:24:22 > 0:24:24is made of stern stuff.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28She's lost a couple of pounds so far but she's finding it tough going.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Right, it's 7:30 in the morning, I've turned up to work
0:24:31 > 0:24:35to set up for a festival, and look at what I am greeted with.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39My work colleagues have all got themselves bacon sandwiches
0:24:39 > 0:24:43and are eating the bacon sandwiches in my face.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47I've come in from work
0:24:47 > 0:24:50and look what's waiting for me.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Kay has decided to do some home baking so...
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Yeah, thanks, family, really supportive, helping me there.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00It's not putting temptation right in my face, or anything, no.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09Now we have our skinny pie, Kingy, the rest of the gang and us
0:25:09 > 0:25:12are armed and ready to resist those moments of weakness,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15the ones that can wreak havoc on your waistline.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18This flaming bike's wreaking havoc on my knees!
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Come on, Kingy, you know what Professor Roy says,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23exercise is important, too.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31'I've got to admit it, going back to Newcastle University and hospital
0:25:31 > 0:25:35'to check in with the doctor again gives me the jitters.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39'The first time we met he told me that I was well up in the obese category
0:25:39 > 0:25:43'and I don't feel like the weight's been flying off recently.'
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- Si, Dave...- Hello, Dr Roy. - It's just fantastic to see you.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51And looking so brilliantly fit. How are you doing?
0:25:51 > 0:25:55I think the first two weeks there was a rapid weight loss
0:25:55 > 0:25:58that kind of felt, "Crikey, this is going on."
0:25:58 > 0:26:00I think, we've done so well, we're just over halfway.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03It's the last six weeks.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Yes, because from now on, any weight that you lose
0:26:07 > 0:26:10is virtually pure fat.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15And, so you're going to find that the rate at which you're losing weight does slow down.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19The Bod Pod will show you what percent weight is now fat
0:26:19 > 0:26:24because you remember you started, Dave, at just under 39%.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28- Si, you were 42% fat. - It's like human foie gras, really.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33Human fois gras. Well, today we'll see just what percent fat you're down to.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Let's do some measurements. Open the pod door.
0:26:37 > 0:26:38'Time for the Bod Pod, Si!
0:26:38 > 0:26:44'Last time we learnt that it works on our old mate Archimedes' principle.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48'But instead of measuring bath water, it cunningly detects the air
0:26:48 > 0:26:52'displaced when you sit in it, to work out percentage body fat.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53'It doesn't like me, though.'
0:26:53 > 0:26:57And if you'd like to pop out, Dave.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Oh, oh!
0:27:00 > 0:27:02- What?- The answer is
0:27:02 > 0:27:05you are now 25.6% fat!
0:27:05 > 0:27:06- No!- Yes!
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- 25?- 25.6.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13- It was 39% on it before. - Yes, it was 39%.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16It is very heartening, when you get that figure
0:27:16 > 0:27:23that you are made up of the best part of 39% of fat,
0:27:23 > 0:27:30the fact that within seven weeks you can turn that down to 25%, without starving,
0:27:30 > 0:27:33without knocking yourself silly,
0:27:33 > 0:27:35it's worth doing.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Fabulous! Ee, God, what a result.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Good result. Good result.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43- Si?- Yes.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Very good, on with the show.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Open the Bod Pod door.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01Oh, and you've gone down from 42
0:28:01 > 0:28:03- to 32.- Right.
0:28:03 > 0:28:09So that is a substantial change in percentage fat.
0:28:09 > 0:28:1142 to 32.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14- Blooming heck, that's brilliant. - That is good, isn't it?
0:28:14 > 0:28:15That's very good.
0:28:15 > 0:28:20This is a real difference in body composition, 32%.
0:28:20 > 0:28:25That's getting on the way for 50/50 but down to 32, that's substantial.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29'Professor Roy told us last time that after a few weeks, weight loss
0:28:29 > 0:28:33'slows down, and if you want to keep losing fat at the same rate,
0:28:33 > 0:28:35'we need to cut back further on the calories
0:28:35 > 0:28:38'and build exercise into our everyday lives.'
0:28:38 > 0:28:41So, cycling, that's really quite important.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44It's easy to keep on doing it for a long time
0:28:44 > 0:28:47because it's basically a relaxing, regular rhythm and, of course,
0:28:47 > 0:28:53in terms of shifting the fat, it's the duration of physical activity
0:28:53 > 0:28:56that is really the important thing.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00So bicycling, fabulous exercise to do for a reasonable period of time,
0:29:00 > 0:29:03enjoy the day, burn off the fat.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05- Thank you very much.- Thanks, Doctor.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11'The healthy body-fat percentage for a man is between 10 and 19.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15- 'We're getting closer, Kingy. - We are, mate, we are.'
0:29:15 > 0:29:17There's a way to go yet, though.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22Doctor's orders, more exercise is the way forward, Kingy.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28I remember the bike rides I used to do as a lad.
0:29:28 > 0:29:3120-odd mile treks, they were, up in the Lakes.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35I loved it, just me, the open country, a cheese sandwich
0:29:35 > 0:29:38and a bag of crisps. It will be fantastic to do that again.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Well, if we're heading for the hills, Dave,
0:29:41 > 0:29:45we won't be stopping for our hearty pub lunch, that's for sure,
0:29:45 > 0:29:47but we'll need something to satisfy our appetites
0:29:47 > 0:29:50after a hard day's bike ride.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Oh... Look at the combi cob.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Sun-dried tomato bread, focaccia, multi-grain rye,
0:29:58 > 0:30:02- for alfresco eating. This is the glue that binds.- It is.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07That bread, broken open with your best buddy, with cheese
0:30:07 > 0:30:09and a glass of wine. Oh...
0:30:09 > 0:30:12And it makes any meal portable.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15It does, that's the thing because that's what you need on a picnic.
0:30:16 > 0:30:21It's food for thought but at the minute it's food for fantasy.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Look at that one with sun-dried tomatoes. Oh...
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Can we go now?
0:30:29 > 0:30:34Just one naughty freshly baked Cornish pasty is 500 calories
0:30:34 > 0:30:38and a sausage roll, it's not far off that either.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42That's nearly half of our daily allowance. We've got to crack a slimline picnic,
0:30:42 > 0:30:47otherwise temptation could just get the better of us out on the road.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53I'm wondering what the Myers has in mind.
0:30:53 > 0:30:54'Not a 50-mile round trip, I hope.'
0:30:56 > 0:30:58- How are the beasts?- We're pumped.
0:30:58 > 0:30:59I've pumped.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04It's not the same as rigging the motorbikes up, is it?
0:31:04 > 0:31:07- Where are we going?- Tarn Hows.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09We should go there, Kingy.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11It's just one of the most beautiful places on the planet.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14That's a bit of a slug up and down to Bowness, that way.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18Think what Dr Roy said, just something that can be sustained,
0:31:18 > 0:31:22you're not breaking your neck, over a period of hours,
0:31:22 > 0:31:25you get a grand day out and now we're a bit lighter, we're fitter.
0:31:25 > 0:31:26I think we'll have a right good crack.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31What are we going to do for our pack-up?
0:31:31 > 0:31:35- The pack-up has to deliver flavour... - Yeah.- ..nutrition...- Yeah.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38..satisfaction and not make you fat.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Right.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43So fish and chips is out of the question, then?
0:31:43 > 0:31:47Most definitely. But fish - tuna's not.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49No, we like a bit of tuna.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53- Could have an egg.- Put some sort of vegetable...- Olives.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55- I've got it. - Yes.- What about a Nicoise?
0:31:57 > 0:32:00I want to sink my teeth into something substantial,
0:32:00 > 0:32:04not just pick at a salad. And it'll need to be portable.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Using bread will add over 200 calories, though,
0:32:07 > 0:32:09even without butter.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12A wrap!
0:32:12 > 0:32:14- A what?- A wrap.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15Oh, yeah.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19It's funny, isn't it, it's not the first thing I think of.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22I always think of, like, bread.
0:32:22 > 0:32:27- I've started buying wraps now. - Have you?- Yeah, because they've much less calories than bread.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33'In fact, Kingy, a low-cal wrap is under half the calories of two slices of white.'
0:32:33 > 0:32:38This is good - tuna fish, not in the oil, but in spring water.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40It's protein-packed power food.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42That'll save us a few calories, too.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45I'll top and tail the green beans.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49- Very good, you can't have a Nicoise without the green beans.- No.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52'What about a vinaigrette, Dave? I'm salivating just saying it.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55'Ah, but we cannot use olive oil, can we?
0:32:55 > 0:32:57'Let's try some low-fat mayo
0:32:57 > 0:33:01'but pack it with flavour by adding some capers and gherkins.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06'I love the veg in a salad Nicoise, delicious beans and baby spinach,
0:33:06 > 0:33:10'chopped tomatoes, a few olives, topped off with a hard-boiled egg
0:33:10 > 0:33:12'and wrapping it all up makes it feel
0:33:12 > 0:33:16'less like a salad and more like a real plate of food.'
0:33:16 > 0:33:18Do you not think this is a bit big?
0:33:18 > 0:33:22No, I think it's brilliant.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24- Do you know how many calories are in that?- Go on.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Each one is 300 calories, worked out to the last olive.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29'One of the nation's favourite sandwiches, the BLT,
0:33:29 > 0:33:34'comes in at 630 calories - more than double.'
0:33:34 > 0:33:37I mean, there's spinach, beans, the eggs, the olives, tomatoes,
0:33:37 > 0:33:39there's a lot going on in there.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42'I wonder if the Nicoise wrap will be just the ticket
0:33:42 > 0:33:45'after a hearty bike ride. But it's not just for picnics,
0:33:45 > 0:33:49'you can pop it into your packed-lunch box for work as well.'
0:33:49 > 0:33:53Time to prepare our trusty steeds. Let's head for the hills!
0:33:56 > 0:33:59When we're sitting on the sofa, our bodies are using up
0:33:59 > 0:34:02around 1.5 calories a minute.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Cycling at a decent clip can more than triple that,
0:34:05 > 0:34:07'so it's win-win for us.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11'We're getting fitter and leaner as we savour God's own country.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13'I wish he'd made it a bit flatter!'
0:34:13 > 0:34:16I cannot work out which is the front and back brake!
0:34:16 > 0:34:18I can imagine him on the bike.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21He's going to be up and down, up and down,
0:34:21 > 0:34:25he's going to be so schnackered after he's been on it.
0:34:27 > 0:34:28Come on, Kingy!
0:34:31 > 0:34:34He told me stories about his childhood, and he loved his bicycle.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Come on, Si.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Now he's discovered the bicycle again
0:34:38 > 0:34:42and that's really, really amazing for him.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46'Come on, Dave, no slacking, mucker.'
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Hurry up!
0:34:51 > 0:34:54'I'm glad you've got more zip in YOUR pip, Kingy,
0:34:54 > 0:34:57'cos we've got to get a move on to meet big-eaters, Jon and Dave.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59'I've invited them to join our picnic.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01'This looks like the spot.'
0:35:04 > 0:35:06- Here's the lads.- There's the boys.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10- This time I'm going to make it!- Yes!
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Do you want something for the picnic?
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Nice nuts done in mixed spice.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21A decade ago, big-eater Dave Arundel cycled from Land's End to John O'Groats.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25He's a man who takes his cycling seriously.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29Losing some weight is already having a positive effect all around.
0:35:29 > 0:35:34It's like carrying a stone of potatoes on the back of your bike.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37You notice the difference when it's not around your middle any more.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- What happened to you?- You're not a black belt at cycling, are you?
0:35:40 > 0:35:42I tell you what, I'm not.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46'It's a brave new world for our mate, Jon.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48'He's become a keen cook since joining the gang
0:35:48 > 0:35:52'and has been using our new slimline recipes to shed the pounds.'
0:35:52 > 0:35:57Although I'm still carrying three stone too much weight,
0:35:57 > 0:35:58I feel better about myself.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02I can't remember the last time I tucked a shirt into a pair of trousers.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06Do know what's killing us is laying off the drink, wine and beer.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08We've knocked it on the head completely
0:36:08 > 0:36:11and find that quite hard, the social side of it as well.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13How are you two doing?
0:36:13 > 0:36:17I've been in the rugby club, Saturday nights
0:36:17 > 0:36:19and had eight or ten pints. I've cut it down to two.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22So, you've still got something in your hand. That's the bit.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24If you don't have anything in your hand, you just feel...
0:36:24 > 0:36:28- It's the social side of it. - That's the hard thing, it is.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30I mean, yeah, what about you?
0:36:30 > 0:36:32I never drank until I met you lads.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36Now, my wife's started introducing a bit of wine with the meal
0:36:36 > 0:36:37and a couple of gin and tonics...
0:36:37 > 0:36:39You're going the wrong way.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Jon, it's all going wrong.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45I was sick of drinking pop, so now a nice bit of red wine -
0:36:45 > 0:36:47- it's good for you!- One!
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Aye, they say one is.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52How many are you having?
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Maybe a few more than one, but that was just to get me started.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58'Oh, we're going to have to work on Jon.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01'Succumbing to the demon drink slows down the weight loss,
0:37:01 > 0:37:04'but it's good he's dumped the sugary drinks.'
0:37:04 > 0:37:08How are you finding the effort of getting a little bit fitter
0:37:08 > 0:37:11and losing the weight a bit?
0:37:11 > 0:37:16I think once you start and feel it, you get that bit of motivation,
0:37:16 > 0:37:19I'm starting to buzz on it now.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21As you get older, it's hard to get back into it
0:37:21 > 0:37:25but I find the problem once I start training or exercising hard,
0:37:25 > 0:37:27I start to eat more.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31I think you should try these wraps.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34- This is the main course, fellas. - This is 300 calories.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37- Wow!- It's quite substantial.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39300 calories? There you go,
0:37:39 > 0:37:42I would be looking at this, thinking, "I cannot eat this,"
0:37:42 > 0:37:43and then try and go on the scales.
0:37:43 > 0:37:44- Well, you can.- Wow.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52'Flipping heck, Dave, it's like an alfresco Mothers' Union meeting, this. Who would have thunk it?'
0:37:52 > 0:37:55That feels naughty.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58Do you know what I mean, but for 300 calories, it's not.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01'Oh, I know, four grown blokes counting calories.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02'Oh, we'll be swapping beauty tips next!'
0:38:06 > 0:38:09- How many recipes do we have for duck? - I was just thinking that.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13Do you know, when he walked past, I did think, like, plum sauce and pancakes.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20- Jon and Dave are definitely looking trimmer.- They are!
0:38:20 > 0:38:23And we've got a doctor's appointment to get to, Si.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26Professor Roy's going to check out how OUR bodies are responding
0:38:26 > 0:38:30- to a bout of exercise.- He'll be following us to the karzi next!
0:38:30 > 0:38:32- Are you all right?- Hey!
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- Are you coming? - What a day for a ride.- Isn't it?
0:38:39 > 0:38:41- Hey!- Here we are.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44Brilliant! Is this your consulting room for the minute?
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Absolutely.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49I'll put the chips down. Only joking!
0:38:51 > 0:38:53- Have a seat.- Oh, marvellous.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57This all about enjoying yourself. And what a place to enjoy yourself.
0:39:00 > 0:39:01Have you bust the chair?!
0:39:04 > 0:39:07I think it's a design fault, more than anything else, thank you!
0:39:08 > 0:39:12Si and I both take tablets to keep our blood pressure on an even keel.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16We'd rather not pop pills, but it's one of the side-effects of being overweight.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20106 over 70.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22It is on the lower side
0:39:22 > 0:39:27but if I told you that's what I'd expect from a 21-year-old.
0:39:27 > 0:39:28- That's good news.- Yes.
0:39:28 > 0:39:32- Yes, you see. You've got zip in your pip, dude. - I have, I'm on the way back.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35I take Ramipril in the morning,
0:39:35 > 0:39:38which I have done for about 18 months for high blood pressure.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Of course, the doctor said to me, try and lose weight
0:39:41 > 0:39:44so it's taken me till now to do it.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Really, that's pretty good news.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50- Maybe I could stop taking the Ramipril?- It sounds like you can.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54- That's brilliant. I will check with my GP.- Yes, you do that.
0:39:54 > 0:39:55Let's see how you're doing, Si.
0:40:00 > 0:40:05- 94 over 72.- Blooming heck. - That's a great blood pressure.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07It'll do for an 18-year-old
0:40:07 > 0:40:09and it's shown the effect of exercise,
0:40:09 > 0:40:12you've opened up your muscles.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15All the resistance to your heart pumping, has gone down
0:40:15 > 0:40:18and so the pressure is nice and calm.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22I'm 21, you're 18, we're just about right, mate. I'll buy that.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24We're ready to start again!
0:40:30 > 0:40:32It's official, Dave, we're young again.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36And I can't wait to chuck out those tablets in my bathroom cupboard.
0:40:36 > 0:40:42When he came home from that ride, Dave was in seventh heaven.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43Having the age that he's got
0:40:43 > 0:40:46and being told that he's got the body of a 20-year-old.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Wow, that was massive for him.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54You know, mate, I'm feeling really motivated now
0:40:54 > 0:40:57and I know big-eater Claire is, too.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Since coming on board, she's finally started losing the weight
0:40:59 > 0:41:02she's piled on after giving birth to her daughter.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Can you add them all up, you can count them as well.
0:41:04 > 0:41:09When I set my mind to something, I do do it. I don't just set my mind to things very often!
0:41:11 > 0:41:15OK, we're about halfway through, so we've been going for...a few weeks now.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17We'll just see.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Actually, yeah, it's between...
0:41:23 > 0:41:28So about there, between 85 and 86, but I was 91.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31That's a really big achievement for me. I'm dead chuffed.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45Oh, Dave, the rain's seeping into me Lycra. Time to head home, dude.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Do we have to? It's Lily and Iza's takeaway night
0:41:47 > 0:41:51and I don't think I can bear to sit through another one.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57We've had Indian takeaway, Thai and Chinese
0:41:57 > 0:42:02and when he arrives he'll sit on the sofa and watch us eating it.
0:42:02 > 0:42:07Ask us if it's good and we always try and tempt him with some
0:42:07 > 0:42:09because you can see him drooling.
0:42:11 > 0:42:16Dave, a life without the indulgence of a takeaway is no life at all.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19We've already cracked the pie, we've reworked the picnic
0:42:19 > 0:42:21and we've still got 600 calories left to play with.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24There's nothing for it, dude,
0:42:24 > 0:42:28we have to take on the biggest temptation of all, the takeaway.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33The nation's favourites are Chinese and Indian
0:42:33 > 0:42:35but a standard curry has nearly 1,400 calories in it
0:42:35 > 0:42:39and lurking in a typical Chinese, there's 19 teaspoons of sugar!
0:42:39 > 0:42:43This could be a challenge too far.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45- You choose.- Heads.
0:42:45 > 0:42:50- It's tails.- Your shout.- I'm doing Indian.- I'll do the Chinese.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54- Right.- What are you going to do?
0:42:54 > 0:42:58The classic, the stalwart of all Chinese takeaways.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Chow mein.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02The other stalwart of all Chinese takeaways.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Chop suey.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Sweet-and-sour chicken!
0:43:06 > 0:43:10Sweet-and-sour? Isn't that loaded with calories because of the sugar?
0:43:10 > 0:43:15Aye, it's deep-fried, an' all. I like a challenge me, though.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17What about you, what are you doing?
0:43:17 > 0:43:19I thought I'd start with a traditional curry.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21I'm going to do a chicken korma.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24'Low-cal korma?! Not possible.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27Cream, almonds, coconuts, it's a calorie quagmire, dude.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29I'm going to have to be clever about this
0:43:29 > 0:43:33if I'm going to keep up the good work and reach this month's target.
0:43:33 > 0:43:38- I've got another two pounds and I've lost two stone.- Yes!
0:43:38 > 0:43:42- You see, it's working, innit? - Aye, but I'm windy, though.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45So am I. The duvets up and down like a fiddler's elbow.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49Moving on, I'm saving some calories by marinating my chicken
0:43:49 > 0:43:51in low-fat yoghurt.
0:43:51 > 0:43:54What I lose with fat, I'm going to make up for with flavour,
0:43:54 > 0:43:57so oodles of ground black pepper go into the chicken.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02'I love the contrast of sweet and sour, Dave,
0:44:02 > 0:44:04'but the sauce from takeaways is usually like treacle.
0:44:04 > 0:44:08'I think I can get away with halving the quantity of sugar.
0:44:08 > 0:44:11'The pineapple juice, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce and ketchup
0:44:11 > 0:44:13'will more than make up the flavour.'
0:44:13 > 0:44:16I've got to admit, Lil noticed that when I was getting out of cars,
0:44:16 > 0:44:18I do that thing...
0:44:18 > 0:44:19HE GROANS
0:44:19 > 0:44:24She said, "Darling, that is not very sexy." Don't feel like that, now.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26I just bounce, get in like Tigger.
0:44:26 > 0:44:30'Well, my frisky friend, it's time for the veg.
0:44:30 > 0:44:33'I'm adding extra to help bulk out the sweet and sour.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36'It's low-calorie and guilt-free.'
0:44:36 > 0:44:38You want good bits, don't you, with your sweet and sour?
0:44:38 > 0:44:40Don't cut it fine, or anything,
0:44:40 > 0:44:43you want some textural loveliness going on.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47'Here, Kingy, you know how your regular curry is swimming in oil?
0:44:47 > 0:44:51'Well, that's not for me. I'm going to try and get away with adding just a smidgen
0:44:51 > 0:44:55'but I'm hoping you won't miss it cos I'm packing in the flavour.'
0:44:55 > 0:44:58I've got ground cumin, coriander, turmeric, chilli powder,
0:44:58 > 0:45:03freshly ground cardamom, four heads of cloves and a bay leaf.
0:45:04 > 0:45:08- Smell that now it's cooking with the onions.- Oh, man!
0:45:08 > 0:45:10That's the smell we all love, isn't it?
0:45:10 > 0:45:13Yeah, only that will do when it's like... oh.
0:45:13 > 0:45:17Now usually this is where I'd be reaching for my deep fat fryer
0:45:17 > 0:45:21to crisp up the chicken but that would be calorie madness.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24I'm hoping by cooking it in the tangy sauce will help it
0:45:24 > 0:45:27soak up more flavour, so you won't miss all that oil.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29It looks like a takeaway, Kingy.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32It smells like a takeaway and served up with rice, by God,
0:45:32 > 0:45:34- it's a takeaway.- It is a takeaway.
0:45:34 > 0:45:37The only difference is, we haven't got the plastic containers
0:45:37 > 0:45:41and even if you can, you can get them cheap enough at most Asian supermarkets
0:45:41 > 0:45:42and you could even cheat yourself.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45I've even got a bag of those towels you put in the microwave
0:45:45 > 0:45:47just for that authentic experience.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52The thing about kormas, it's quite umptious and thick, isn't it?
0:45:52 > 0:45:54I was trying to get away with that.
0:45:54 > 0:45:58I think I might know how to do it and I've got just the gizmo for the job.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03That'll take your whiskers off.
0:46:03 > 0:46:07You see, a regular korma has a lovely thick consistency
0:46:07 > 0:46:10because of the almonds and coconut, but I can't use those.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13Just a handful of almonds is around 220 calories,
0:46:13 > 0:46:17so I'm blending my curry up to try and recreate that thickness.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19- The smell.- Yeah, yeah.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24- There's a good amount of chicken here, Si.- There is, mate.
0:46:24 > 0:46:28There's very little yoghurt on it but that yoghurt will flavour
0:46:28 > 0:46:29and it will tenderise it.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34Now, Kingy, I've done me sums and do you know what we can have?
0:46:34 > 0:46:35- What?- Cream.
0:46:35 > 0:46:40- You're joking?- No, look, two tablespoons of cream.
0:46:40 > 0:46:41It's good isn't it, Kingy?
0:46:41 > 0:46:45You can still have a little of what you like if you cook clever.
0:46:45 > 0:46:46Oh, yeah.
0:46:47 > 0:46:49Do you know, Kingy, my mouth's watering
0:46:49 > 0:46:51and is not watering just because I'm hungry.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54It's watering because it's bloody good food.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57Both of them are a good takeaway meal. Both of them are good food.
0:46:59 > 0:47:03That, without the rice, is about 300 calories.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06Basically, with the rice we're on 400 calories per meal.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09You could have that on my 1,200 calories a day.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11You could have that three times a day.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14It's brilliant!
0:47:16 > 0:47:19- That's it, mate, we don't have to give up the Indian night on Tuesdays.- Good.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24And, if I can convince the family to eat this,
0:47:24 > 0:47:27I won't be left drooling on the couch on takeaway night.
0:47:27 > 0:47:31So, what do you think, Lil? That's like really skinny takeaway.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35It's really, really tasty and the flavours are so well combined.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38I think for that midweek curry or Chinese takeaway,
0:47:38 > 0:47:40these recipes will keep us for life.
0:47:40 > 0:47:43It's food you can eat and not put the weight back on.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45Mmm, lovely.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48Us Brits can't resist a takeaway, Kingy.
0:47:48 > 0:47:53In our lifetime, we'll chew our way through around 2,500,
0:47:53 > 0:47:55spending over 17 grand on them.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58What do you think the discerning public will make
0:47:58 > 0:48:00of our low-cal efforts, Dave?
0:48:00 > 0:48:02Well, to find out we'll have to road test them
0:48:02 > 0:48:06and what better place to do that than my local Indian and Chinese.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13It'll be very interesting to find out
0:48:13 > 0:48:17if people look at this as being a low-calorie dish.
0:48:22 > 0:48:27Beautiful, all I have to do now is wait for me first customer.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29It's five o'clock.
0:48:29 > 0:48:33I've had to come back from Barrow on family business
0:48:33 > 0:48:37and Dave is just about to launch into his delivery
0:48:37 > 0:48:39of his chicken korma.
0:48:39 > 0:48:43It's going to be a couple of days before I can get over to Barrow...
0:48:44 > 0:48:46..and launch into my sweet and sour.
0:48:48 > 0:48:53Two days later and it's my turn to serve the people of Barrow with my tantalising Chinese takeaway.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56It's like cooking underneath jet engines.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58Yes, what would you like to order?
0:48:58 > 0:49:02Two different nights, two different dishes, just one question.
0:49:02 > 0:49:06Will our sublime slimline recipe satisfy the people of Barrow?
0:49:06 > 0:49:09We're doing a new recipe on chicken korma, tonight,
0:49:09 > 0:49:11would you like to try a bit as a freebie?
0:49:11 > 0:49:15Neil, you're not supposed to cook more than 22 seconds.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20Take that off the top of the pass... Good lad.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23Right.
0:49:23 > 0:49:24There we go.
0:49:28 > 0:49:29Hello. Hello.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31Right, let's go.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33Our two... korma.
0:49:34 > 0:49:35See what you think.
0:49:35 > 0:49:38- Si!- Pleased to see you. - Great to see you.
0:49:38 > 0:49:42Looks great, it looks delicious. So, this is...?
0:49:42 > 0:49:43It's a low calorie chicken korma.
0:49:43 > 0:49:46You're looking at less than 300 calories for that portion.
0:49:46 > 0:49:50Now, there's something that I would like you to taste.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52Absolutely delicious.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55I think it tastes fresher.
0:49:57 > 0:49:58Yeah. You like?
0:49:58 > 0:50:00- Mm-hm.- Good.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03That's absolutely delightful. It's delicious.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05- Thanks, girls, thank you. - See you soon!- See you.
0:50:05 > 0:50:11Well, that's good because it's really quite low calorie.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14- A full strength flavour. - Full strength flavour, very happy?
0:50:14 > 0:50:15- Masterful!- Excellent.
0:50:15 > 0:50:19Do you know, I don't think there's any greater pleasure
0:50:19 > 0:50:23than cooking for people and watching them genuinely enjoy what you cook.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25- Well, listen, I'm going to leave you in peace.- OK.
0:50:25 > 0:50:27I've got this feeling somebody's just ordered number 52.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29THEY LAUGH
0:50:29 > 0:50:30PHONE RINGS
0:50:30 > 0:50:34Hello... Iesha's, takeaway to royalty.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36- This is your order.- Thank you, Jim.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38- Hello, Dave Myers.- Hello, mate.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40Ann, hello.
0:50:40 > 0:50:41Oh, my God.
0:50:41 > 0:50:44Just have a dibble of the korma and we'll leave you in peace.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47I would definitely say that I would order that.
0:50:47 > 0:50:50It just tastes so fresh and real.
0:50:50 > 0:50:52It's about 300 calories.
0:50:52 > 0:50:55You see that is 300 calories.
0:50:56 > 0:50:58- Nice that. - It's all right, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01- I would definitely order that.- Yes!
0:51:01 > 0:51:02That is great flavour food.
0:51:02 > 0:51:04God bless. See you, ta-ra.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08Let's have a taste of this korma. It's lovely that.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11The fact of the matter is, it's a plate of good food.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13It's all right that, it really is.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16And, I think, a roaring success for Barrow-in-Furness,
0:51:16 > 0:51:18both with Dave when he did his
0:51:18 > 0:51:23and now mine when we did the sweet and sour.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25So... I'm chuffed to bits.
0:51:25 > 0:51:29It just goes to show you can still pack in a taste of a tempting takeaway
0:51:29 > 0:51:31without piling on the pounds.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33Are you all right, chef?
0:51:33 > 0:51:36- How did it go?- It was good.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38- How did the sweet and sour go down? - Good, really good.
0:51:38 > 0:51:40People really genuinely enjoyed it.
0:51:40 > 0:51:44Didn't think about the calories, just ate it as a good plate of food, which is exactly what we wanted.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47- Shall we go for a bag of chips? - Aye, let's away, come on.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49- Bye...- See you, night-night.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55What a difference a couple of weeks can make.
0:51:55 > 0:51:59The cycling seems to be paying dividends. I'm like the incredible shrinking man.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01Do you like the new jacket, it's nice, isn't it?
0:52:01 > 0:52:03Look at this.
0:52:04 > 0:52:06I think it looks absolutely fantastic. Really good.
0:52:06 > 0:52:10- It does, doesn't it?- Just so nice to be able to pick up...
0:52:10 > 0:52:14- Just off the peg.- Yeah. - I can't believe it.
0:52:14 > 0:52:18And, I've just bought a pair of jeans with a 36-inch waist.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21Look at this... You see, these are me old jeans.
0:52:21 > 0:52:24Right, and I'm down to me last thingy on me belt
0:52:24 > 0:52:28and it's not... The problem is if I put any weight in me pants,
0:52:28 > 0:52:31any weight in me pockets with these old jeans,
0:52:31 > 0:52:34I end up looking like one of those lads that's just been arrested.
0:52:42 > 0:52:44- It's good, isn't it?- Beautiful.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47Listen... I've got to go and pick dinner up.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49- Ta-ra.- See you later. - I won't be long.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54Cracking the 1,200 barrier, with calories to spare,
0:52:54 > 0:52:57is giving more than just my old clothes a new lease of life.
0:52:57 > 0:53:00That is a bit big, isn't it?
0:53:00 > 0:53:02Erm, big is an understatement.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07- It's not far off. - I've no idea what I've come into.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09SHE LAUGHS
0:53:13 > 0:53:16It's the end of the road, on our second month, reinventing food we love
0:53:16 > 0:53:18in a bid to shed some timber.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22Our big eating buddies started their new regimes a couple of weeks later than us.
0:53:22 > 0:53:26And now it's time for us all to hit the scales.
0:53:29 > 0:53:32Right, the time has come to step up to the plate.
0:53:32 > 0:53:33- Literally...- Yes.
0:53:33 > 0:53:37Instead of feasting off it, it's time to stand on it.
0:53:37 > 0:53:40Right, Ann Adlington. Ann, come on, me darling.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43Now, you all promised us such a lot last time.
0:53:45 > 0:53:4719 stone, one.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50Hey, that's brilliant. You were 19 stone, eight,
0:53:50 > 0:53:54- that's a loss of seven pounds. - Well done!
0:53:54 > 0:53:55It's coming in the right direction.
0:53:55 > 0:53:56It's good, darling.
0:53:56 > 0:54:00It seems our skinny pies have done the trick keeping Ann off the snacks.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02Arundel, Dave... Come on, me mucker.
0:54:02 > 0:54:05But will all of Dave's cycling have paid off?
0:54:05 > 0:54:0913 stone, eight is a loss of four pounds, mate. Well done.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11Hurray!
0:54:11 > 0:54:14Things are looking at lot more cheerful, aren't they?
0:54:14 > 0:54:16Now, Liz...
0:54:16 > 0:54:17Oh, God.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19Next up, it's party girl, Liz.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22- What have you done? - I fell over.
0:54:22 > 0:54:23And were you tiddly?
0:54:24 > 0:54:26Get on the scales, you.
0:54:26 > 0:54:2813 stone, four pounds to beat.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30Yes!
0:54:31 > 0:54:33That is three-quarters of a stone.
0:54:33 > 0:54:35That's fantastic.
0:54:35 > 0:54:37Well done.
0:54:37 > 0:54:38Laura...
0:54:38 > 0:54:39Come on, darling.
0:54:39 > 0:54:42Has rugby nut Laura cracked in the face of temptation?
0:54:43 > 0:54:45Yes!
0:54:45 > 0:54:47Whoo, 12 stone, 11.
0:54:47 > 0:54:49That's amazing!
0:54:49 > 0:54:51She's lost nine pounds.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53APPLAUSE
0:54:53 > 0:54:56Next one, Andrew.
0:54:56 > 0:54:59At the initial weigh-in, you were 19 stone, exactly.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03The first weigh-in here you managed to put six pounds on
0:55:03 > 0:55:06and you said, at that point, the battle had begun.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08- So are we winning it? - We're about to find out.
0:55:10 > 0:55:14- 19 stone!- Look, mate, you've lot six pounds, which is half a stone.
0:55:14 > 0:55:17Congratulations, well done.
0:55:17 > 0:55:19Claire Mitchell, please.
0:55:19 > 0:55:24Claire's been losing inches off her mummy tummy, but how will it translate into pounds?
0:55:24 > 0:55:26Yes! Brilliant, 12, three.
0:55:26 > 0:55:30- Well, you've lost four pounds, which is fantastic. - Thank you!- Well done!
0:55:30 > 0:55:32APPLAUSE
0:55:32 > 0:55:33Now our Ken.
0:55:33 > 0:55:37Writing off half a stone, Ken was the first month's biggest loser.
0:55:37 > 0:55:41- Oh, yes, 17 stone, you've lost seven pounds. - So a stone all together.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44So a stone all together, that is fantastic.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46- Great.- Well done, you guys.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48APPLAUSE
0:55:48 > 0:55:51Up last, Taekwondo expert, Jon.
0:55:51 > 0:55:54Come on, Jon, come on.
0:55:54 > 0:55:57Yes! 15, ten! Wow!
0:55:57 > 0:55:59You've lost 12 pounds.
0:55:59 > 0:56:02- Getting there, getting there. - That's three-quarters of a stone.
0:56:02 > 0:56:04I'm eat more now than I did before.
0:56:04 > 0:56:06Well done, mate.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09I think getting into cooking is helping Jon kick his bad eating habits.
0:56:09 > 0:56:13- So, is that it? Right, let's go and have a cup of tea.- Let's away.
0:56:13 > 0:56:14Ah...
0:56:14 > 0:56:19This time round, all our big eating buddies have lost some weight.
0:56:19 > 0:56:22Now it's our turn to find out how well we're doing.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25Last weigh-in, 16 stone, six pounds.
0:56:25 > 0:56:28If I can just get into 15s, I'll be happy.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31Yes! 15, 12.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34APPLAUSE
0:56:34 > 0:56:37Bang on two stone since I started!
0:56:37 > 0:56:41- Next on the scales is Si. - Come on.- Here we go.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46- Yeah!- 17, eight.
0:56:46 > 0:56:49I've lost another 12 pounds, that's a stone.
0:56:49 > 0:56:5211 less of me than there was two months ago.
0:56:52 > 0:56:53Yes!
0:56:53 > 0:56:57Well, to the guys as well, fantastic man. That is brilliant.
0:56:57 > 0:57:01Everyone's chocked up a win in their battle of the bulge.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04Well done. Congratulations, everybody.
0:57:04 > 0:57:05APPLAUSE
0:57:07 > 0:57:10The power of group motivation is paying off, Si.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12It certainly is.
0:57:12 > 0:57:15Professor Roy set us targets to lose around 2.5 stone,
0:57:15 > 0:57:20but today's really inspired me to push on to see if I can lose three.
0:57:22 > 0:57:25- We've got one last stop, mate. - We do, Kingy.
0:57:25 > 0:57:26We do.
0:57:28 > 0:57:33- Right, let's see what he thinks of these.- Russell...
0:57:33 > 0:57:35Russ... I think you'll agree they look like pies.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37They do, they've certainly got the appearance of one.
0:57:40 > 0:57:43- That's all right.- 300 calories, less than half the calories of your regular...
0:57:43 > 0:57:45It's got taste to it, as well.
0:57:45 > 0:57:48Ah, you said it couldn't be done, didn't you, without lard.
0:57:48 > 0:57:50Well, we've done it.
0:57:50 > 0:57:52You know, for once, I'm stuck for words.
0:57:54 > 0:57:57- Shall we get them sold? - Excellent, this is praise indeed.
0:57:58 > 0:58:00I'll just do a little sign for you.
0:58:03 > 0:58:04Hurray!
0:58:04 > 0:58:05That is truly a feat.
0:58:05 > 0:58:06THEY LAUGH
0:58:06 > 0:58:08Next time...
0:58:08 > 0:58:12We take on the sweet and decadent food we've overindulged in for years.
0:58:12 > 0:58:15Can we create cupcakes, lighter than a fairy?
0:58:15 > 0:58:17Little cupcakes of gorgeousness.
0:58:17 > 0:58:19Work out magic on Mexican finger food.
0:58:19 > 0:58:21That is brilliant!
0:58:21 > 0:58:23And the heavyweight, Hairy Bikers...
0:58:23 > 0:58:25Oh, you look fantastic.
0:58:25 > 0:58:27Yay!
0:58:27 > 0:58:28..are yesterday's news.
0:58:29 > 0:58:30Bring it on!
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