Jody Bunting - Holistic Lifestyle Coach
- Full Name - Joseph Christian Spendlove (previously Jody Bunting)
- Born - 27th January 1978, 5.03am, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England
- Home - Hatton, Derbyshire
- Family - One Millennium born daughter, Phoebe
- Height - 6 ft 0.5 in
- Weight - Birth 8 lb 4 oz, Heaviest 31 stone, Lightest Adult 12 stone, > now
- Metabolic Type - Protein (fast oxidizer)
- Likes - Jesus, Music, Sun, Beaches and Z4's!
- Dislikes - Negative people, Drugs and Olives
- Role Model - Jesus
- Outlook - Live your dream, pray and be OUTSTANDING!
- Religion - Christian (Church of England - Anglican)
- True colour - Blue
- Mission - To spread the word; the Jody Bunting name represents holistic health and positivity. To promote; local organic foods, movement and natural healthy body weight
- Attitude to Food - I love food. As a child both my parents worked at a processed foods factory and as a family we have always ate mainly processed carbohydrates due to the high availability. Historically our family has always given food as treats and love, and I, like most of my family have been up and down the scales all my life as a result of this. I have now educated myself to respect food and my health, as I become healthier I thankfully lead my whole family by example
- Purpose in life - Energize the world!
- Goals - 2010 Own health club opens. 01.01.11 Weight 12-stone, Jody Bunting Holistic Hotel Egypt and Slimming book on sale. 01.01.12 Jody Bunting live TV show starts. 01.01.13 White wedding and autobiography on-sale. 01.01.14 Tour USA and recieve OBE from the Queen.
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Text and Video Biography: > CLICK HERE to view Jody on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast
Jody's optimism and zest for life is refreshingly inspirational, he has achieved so much in his life already, from presenting his own breakfast TV show to becoming a proud father.From a very early age Jodys first love in life was food, after leaving school he went on to qualify as a chef and afters years of gorging himself in his favorite foods he decided upon a career change into fitness after swelling up to a massive 31-stone in weight.
Jodys passion, even at school has always been performing and in the summer of 2001 he was propelled onto TV screens as the larger-than-life fitness expert presenting on Channel 4's morning show, The Big Breakfast. The stars energy glittered through the airwaves and led to international coverage for his fitness work with the overweight and celebrities.
Jody showcases his work via the internet and attracts over half a million video views per year. These include Jody's Tummy Tuck operation diary and the video hitting the current top spot with thousands of hits per week, Jodys Colonic Irrigation which took place live on British TV in 2004.
Jody now works as a freelance Holistic Lifestyle Coach and Judge for the award winning body transformation programme Health Idol. Jody has previously worked for various health organisations including; Rosemary Conley Diet & Fitness Clubs, leading a UK National Weight Loss Campaign for the worlds second largest chain of health clubs, and in 2005 was crowned the IFS Group Fitness Manager of the year. One of Jody's favourite career moments was working for almost 2 years as part of Rae and Kev's Morning Crew on Derby's Ram FM radio station.
In 2006 Jody worked in Egypt for two years and witnessed first hand traditional African villages with no obesity, cancer or cardiac epademics due to naturally organic home grown produce. As Jodys experience grew and his own personal weight battle continuted he finally mastered his personal and professional approach thanks to holistic health practasices. After his Egyptian experience Jody now lives by and promotes mind and body health in his unique positive and energetic way.
The graph (right) shows Jody's body weight over the years - in 2001 Jody was his heaviest at 31-stone (200 kg), and in 2008 Jody trained in holistic health and is bringing his weigh back down and is fully confident this approach will stop future weight gain.
The Flamboyant, but balanced Jody ploughs his spare time in to charity and community work for various causes; in 2005 Jody ran the London Marathon for children's charity Starlight, volunteers as the fitness consultant for the UK obesity charity H.O.P.E, abseiled 65 meters down the Derby Cathedral in 2009 for charity and has just launched "Healthy Hatton" a new community health project to shape up his home village. The celebrity slimmers hunger for achieving goals is heightening and his next missions are to become super-fit, host his own prime-time TV talk show and own his own holistic hotel by the beach... Go Jody!
"Love, prayers and blessings. Xjb"
Qualifications and Certificates
- CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach Level 1 (Nutrition)
- NVQ Level 2 - Food preparation and cooking
- REPS Level 2 - Register of Exercise Professionals
- REPS Public Liability Insurance
- NVQ 2 Gym Instructor
- NVQ 2 Exercise to Music
- Speedo Water Exercise
- Fitness fx Pump fx (weights)
- Fitness fx Groove fx (dance)
- Fitness fx Stomp fx (step)
- Fit n Fun Children's Exercise
- LA Spin (group cycle)
- LA Pre and Post Natal Exercise
- LA Stability Ball
- LA Train the Trainer
- Fit Pro/Les Mills International Group Fitness Management
- NVQ Level 3 - Hospitality Management
- NVQ Level 2 - Accommodation Operations
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