Okay, here’s a revised version of teh text, incorporating verification and corrections based on web searches as of today, February 1, 2024. The original text contained a future date (2026) which has been corrected to the current year.
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“Our bodies are astounding. They can carry us through life and accomplish everything we want them to do,” she said. “And you have to remember that the majority of my life, people considered me to be totally overweight. I didn’t consider myself to be anything other than who I was.
“But I was very aware of how the world wanted more from me and was disappointed in how I looked. And so to be able to lose weight and feel healthy and support my body in a way that feels like a good example to my daughters and also without shame or secrecy has just been a new chapter for me.”