Woman's diet story featured on TV, in magazine

Three years ago, Susan Ray didn't want to be on the cover of a magazine or sitting in the spotlight. She just wanted to lose 5 pounds.

The 44-year old resident of West Annapolis didn't lose the pounds. Instead, she gained more until, by February 2003, the weight on her 5-foot 4-inch frame had ballooned to 225 pounds.

Ms. Ray woke up one winter morning feeling she was having a heart attack and was, instead, hospitalized for two days with a severe anxiety attack.

"I realized I had to change my diet and my life," she said.

Two and a half years later, she has shed 85 pounds - and kept it off. She replaced her wardrobe...