Andy
34-year-old Andy is so unhappy with his weight he will only leave the house to go to work. When he does leave the home he is often subjected to verbal abuse. Andy has always been overweight; his parents were both obese, as were his siblings.
At 35 stone and with a young family, Andy is desperate to lose weight if he ever hopes to walk his 11-month-old twin daughters down the aisle.
His wife of ten years Anne-Marie worries that Andy is heading to an early grave unless he changes his current lifestyle.
Andy's current diet includes a mid-morning snack of a bacon sandwich, plus a large meal for lunch and dinner.
Andy eats takeaways at least four times a week and can eat four large family sized packets of crisps in one sitting. In all, Andy is eating about 7,000 calories a day which is 64% more than he should.
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Amy-Jo
27-year-old Amy-Jo from Hertfordshire started to diet manically after the birth of her daughter four years ago. The self-confessed health and fitness fanatic weighs just 7st 9lbs and never eats junk food.
Event Manager Amy-Jo's diet consists of cereal for breakfast, fruit as a snack in the morning, a big bowl of fruit or soup for lunch and then chicken or fish with vegetables in the evening. Amy-Jo rarely eats carbohydrates.
She is extremely active and does 4-5 hours of gym a week and loves walking, running, swimming and climbing.
Amy's diet gives her 1700 calories a day which is some way under the 2,400 she needs for her very active lifestyle.
Her partner is a fire fighter who wants Amy-Jo to put on weight and worries about how skinny she is. He would also like her to relax more about food as the family is never able to unwind and get an occasional take away meal.
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