She weighed herself daily, sometimes even more than once a day, and the sign was meant to motivate her to lose more weight.

她每天称体重，有时甚至一天称好几次，做标志牌是为了激励她减更多体重。

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Back then I thought she was the harder parent of the two and had had high hopes for me, so the disappointment weighed on her more heavily.

NPR: Chapter 1