Before and After 1979 An overweight housewife has to confront her weight problem when her husband leaves her because of it She has a happily married and overweight friend and an unhappily thin, engaged friend who is starving herself to fit into her grandmothers wedding gown The housewife diets and exercises down to her goal weight in time for the wedding, but the thin woman collapses at the reception due to her rigorous dieting