Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
Life was a drag for Lee Ann John two years ago.
John, the secretary for the Sweet Home Public Works Department, had been battling weight problems for years – since her first child was born, in 1969.
She’d weighed more than 450 pounds, though she now was down to slightly over 360.
Her knees were shot. She had a perpetual backache. She had to use the electric riding cart…