Elaine Crowley
Elaine Crowley explains that being happy and being thin are two very different things. She said that losing weight for vanity's sake was not her reason for joining the show. "It's about looking after my health, it's not about the aesthetic anymore".
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Gerald Kean
Solicitor and man about town Gerald Kean said that it was his unhealthy lifestyle that made him to sign up, saying that "it's the first thing I've done for myself in a long time".
Brenda Donohue
Did you know Marty Morrissey played a sneaky part in Brenda Donohue signing up? "His heart was in the right place," she said.
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Karl Spain
Karl Spain's biggest challenge so far on? The first step! The comedian says that by knowing ahead of time, he had to get all his favourite treats in beforehand.
"I had the advantage of having a good few weeks lead up to this, I knew what I was doing, I knew what day I was starting, so I actually kind of over-did it overeating!"
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