“Why does everything have to be so hard?” muttered Monica Michaels, as she struggled with the controls on her van. She was rushing to get to work—and, as usual, her size was slowing her down. Truth was, the Denver-area health tech had gotten so big, she could no longer walk unassisted from the hospital parking garage to her desk. Beep, beep, beep, screeched the van’s lift as it lowered her scooter to the ground. By the time Monica hoisted her body onto the seat, she was perspiring and short of breath. And as she finally pressed the button to move forward, all she could think was: I can’t live life this way anymore…
Monica’s urge to change was hardly new. She’d spent decades trying fads, pills, exchange programs, supervised fasts—you name…
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Woman's World (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 14, 2022