After being bullied over his weight Jamie took an overdose. His loneliness continues when he finds he has only his divorced parents and elderly relatives for company on his 17th birthday. Things improve when he is befriended by Craig, a car dealer.

Rebecca still lives at home with her overweight parents. Her mother has decided they should join a slimming club and Rebecca agrees. When a face from her past returns, psychological bullying rears its ugly head and Rebecca's cosy world is threatened.

Since the birth of her son, Betty Simpson feels increasingly lonely and overweight. Having rejoined the slimming group to try and shift the pounds she is shocked when her childhood sweetheart Ian, joins her slimming group.