Every month there is a noticeable difference in their appearance. Tummies, legs and arms shrink down. Wedding bands once again fit. Necklines reappear and faces lose that rounded cushion of fat. With these physical changes come the most amazing personality changes.
Patients overcome feelings of worthlessness.
They are more aware of what causes the distress and are willing to work out these problems. No one makes fun of them anymore. The true miracle is that if you meet these people for the first time today, they would seem unremarkable. If you didn't know they had been severely obese, you wouldn't be able to tell them apart from any other person. And that's what makes it wortht - they want to be treated like everyone else.