Ms. Schow wrote a book about her experience, "Finished Being Fat, " published earlier this month.
After they argued, Mr. Schow often left the house or hid in his room.
Today, Mr. Schow says he has "no idea" why he blurted out such a thing.
Ms. Schow recalls she would ask her husband to help her stick to her diet.
Mr. Schow calmly walked to the garage and let the air out of the tires of her jeep.
When they went hiking, Ms. Schow would read a book at the trailhead, waiting for her husband to return.
"I would try and help her feel better about herself, telling her, 'You are beautiful the way you are, ' " Mr. Schow says.
That seems, in hindsight, like the turning point, Ms. Schow says.
He never found his wife unattractive, Mr. Schow says, but after she lost 75 pounds, and kept the weight off, he did feel more attracted to her.
After Ms. Schow raised the issue of divorce and was throwing clothes in a suitcase, she told her husband she wanted out because she felt trapped in the marriage and her own misery.
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