Jody Bunting (born 27 January 1978), is a fitness presenter who was the 31-stone (200kg) TV host of Lose it with Jody on Channel 4 television's former UK TV show The Big Breakfast between 2001 and 2002.
Bunting was born on 27 January 1978 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. In 2000, he became father of a girl. One year later, he separated from the mother of his child.
In 2001, Bunting left his job at a call centre to pursue a full-time career in fitness instruction. That year, he featured on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast as the weekly guest fitness presenter which made him a public figure in the UK. Locally he continued to teach fitness classes and appeared in the line-up responsible for switching on the Burton-upon-Trent Christmas lights.
Between 2001 and 2004, Bunting lost approximately 19-stone, (275 pounds, 125 kg), and in 2004 underwent surgery to remove excess skin resulting from the weight loss. In 2005, he received the Group Exercise Manager of the Year award.
Bunting spend several years in Egypt from 2006 teaching fitness classes in 5 star holiday resorts abroad. His company, The Fat Factor, was featured on BBCâÂÂs The One Show in 2008. In 2009, he promoted the role of stress reduction in weight loss and launched relaxation classes in collaboration with Historian Lesley Smith. That same year, he participated in fundraising activities, including cycling in pink to support a breast cancer charity and abseiling down Derby Cathedral to raise money for the Derby Mountain Rescue Team.
In 2010, Bunting offered free community weight-loss courses in Derby, with several of his clients featured in local newspapers for their weight-loss achievements. In 2016, he launched free online weight-loss courses under the name Slim Brother, alongside in-person classes in Derby and Burton-upon-Trent. At that time, he stated that during his 15-year career in the fitness industry he had helped more than 5,000 people lose weight and had taught over 78,000 hours of fitness classes.
Bunting presented the talent show SharmâÂÂs Got Talent in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in 2017. In a 2018 YouTube video, he spoke publicly for the first time about being homosexual and became a supporter of Derbyshire LGBTQ+ Pride, stating that he had known he was gay since the age of 13. After working for the Weight Watchers slimming groups for a year, he parted company with them, relaunched his Slim Brother weight loss programme in 2019. In 2021, Aldi UK hired Bunting to taste-test its Easter chocolate egg range and featured in several adverts.
In 2024, Bunting appeared in the UK national press following his arrest on suspicion of attempted murder with a chocolate bar, involving a colleague at a gym where he worked in 2023. He was released on bail and, in 2025, was released without charge.