Jody Bunting

Jody Buntingis an award winning TV Fitness Expert who presented on Channel 4 television's former morning show The Big Breakfast(2001-2002) and a Celebrity Holistic Lifestyle Coach.
The father-of-one, (Phoebe, born 2000) from Hatton, Derbyshire, England, previously weighed 31-stones and has featured in the press for his weight losses.
- 2001 Gives up office job to teach fitness full-time. Separated from the mother of his child Raelene Hope. Starred in the line up to turn on the Burton-upon-Trent Christmas lights.
- 2003 stars on ITV's Trisha Goddard TV talk show and the BBC’s ’SAS: Are You Tough Enough’.
- 2004 had a "tummy tuck" operation to remove his excess skin.
- 2005 ran the London Marathon for the national UK charity Starlight Children's Foundation. Wins an award "Group Exercise Manager of the year" for the UK Fitness Industry, after carrying out such community work as leading fitness in local schools and various other community events. Also wins a court case against Fitness First Health Clubs UK after unfair dismissal from a club in London.
- 2006 moved to work in Egypt.
- 2007 Jody thanks the Burton-upon-Trent local newspapers for his raise to fame after recording a documentary for German TV and starting again on an ITV talk show.
- 2008 featured on the BBC's The One Show. Run's weight loss courses The Fat Factor is East Essexand Surrey./ Wins court order to have contact with his then 8-year-old daughter.
- 2009 promotes holistic health and wellbeing to his lifestyle coaching clients, and advises the public to boycott new jabs. Runs diet and fitness classes for the overweight in Burton-upon-Trent, including the launch of the program "Derby's Biggest Loser" and "The Fat Factor". Jody coaches critically ill Derby resident Maxine Wood after health issues highlighted in the local media. Jody advises stress can stop you losing weight and teams up with TV's Most Haunted star Lesley Smith launches relaxation and meditation classes at Tutbury Castle. Raises money by cycling in pink in aid of Breast Cancer Awareness at Westfield Debenhams department storeand abseiling down Derby Cathedral in aid of the Derby Mountain Rescue Team.
- 2010 based at a fitness club in Derbyand his clients feature in the local newspaper for their weight loss success.
- 2014 Jody's popular YouTube video of him having a colonic irrigation live on TV, reaches over 1 million views.
- 2015 Jody renames himself as Joseph Spendlove
- 2016 Jody celebrates 15 years since finding fame on channel 4's The Big Breakfast, and exclusively reveals in the Derby Telegraph Newspaper why he has reinvented himself and change his name by deed poll. Jody offers free online weight loss courses called Slim Brother, plus classes in Derby at Unique Fitness Studio, Great Northern Road, and in Burton-upon-Trent at The Workout on Wetmore Road. Jody reveals over 15 years he's helped over 5,000 people lose weight and taught over 78,000 hours of fitness classes. Jody launches the Great Grandmother Diet. Jody has begun working at the Nuffield Health Club, Derby.
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