I'm glad you clarified that. I was thinking they were each 100# too heavy to fly.
They both needed to lose weight, him because of his diabetes and her because she couldn’t find anything to fit her. They decided to start going to the gym, and then decided that they needed to set goals for themselves.
That led, of course, to rewarding themselves for meeting those goals, and the trip to Europe came into being at that point. So they began to go to the gym three or four times a week and sock away some money every payday.
One benefit of course, was being more comfortable in airplane seats! Looking at the photos of them on the train to Amalfi from Rome, I think it’s a good thing they did lose the weight! ;o]