(gentle piano music)
(sighs) You know, I've had obesity since I was a child.
I don't remember a time when I didn't have obesity.
It's not a choice.
I had done so many diets over the course of my lifetime.
I had failed so often,
and each time I failed,
I felt more ashamed and embarrassed
that I decided I'm done.
I'm giving up.
And when it became so difficult for me to move
at the weight I was at,
I finally got up the courage to try it one more time,
and that's when I started looking
for science-based, evidence-based treatment.
And fortunately, I found it.
Very few people are as fortunate as I am to have found it,
and that needs to change.