Leah Hope Mancuso knows all too well how it feels to be the “chubby kid” growing up, making her feel worth less than her peers. These days, after dropping 210 pounds, she says she didn’t lose the weight because she was “chasing a smaller body, but a bigger life.”
The life she now leads is full of joy and activity compared to when she was nearly 400 pounds, battling extreme migraines and fatigue every day, hardly able to enjoy an afternoon of rollercoasters and rides with her sister and nephews.
