MONICA RILEY: That was the life that I wanted
for myself. Being fat, getting to eat whatever I wanted, feeling like a queen. I guess you
just get to a point in your life where you just want to change things.
COMM: Monica Riley once wanted to be so fat
that she would become bedbound.
MONICA RILEY: “The ultimate goal is to be
1000 pounds.” At one point in my life, yes, I did want to be the biggest woman in the
world. I wanted to be immobile.
MONICA RILEY: But, now that I’m pregnant…
SID RILEY: It’s kind of been a wake up call.
COMM: With the help of her chubby-loving fiancé
Sid, Monica ate her way up to 700 pounds. But recently, the couple’s priorities have changed.
MONICA RILEY: I found out about 14 weeks ago
roughly that I was pregnant. The reason why I do want to lose weight is to be able to
be active with my child, you know, be able to get up and play with them and pick up after
them. Yeah, you can’t do that if you’re immobile.
COMM: Today, the parents-to-be are going for their first prenatal scan.
MONICA RILEY: I’m feeling really nervous.
I’m like shaking, like my voice is shaky.
MONICA RILEY: I’m hoping to find out today…
SID RILEY: That the baby is healthy. MONICA RILEY: Yeah, that the baby is healthy.
SID RILEY: It’s all we ask for.
COMM: Sadly, the road to becoming parents
hasn’t been smooth for the couple.
SID RILEY: We’ve had two miscarriages.
MONICA RILEY: I was super depressed, just crying a lot. I feel guilty for having the
miscarriage and knowing that I could have changed, you know. My weight did affect it.
I just had to put it behind me. I kind of pretended like it never happened.
NURSE: So what we got, we got this area we made for you.
MONICA RILEY: Where is the baby?
DOCTOR: You see something moving there? MONICA RILEY: Yeah.
DOCTOR: That’s the baby.
DOCTOR: The baby is 3.6 cm and that makes
you ten weeks and two days. And your estimated due date is November 18th.
SID RILEY: We’ll have a little Thanksgiving baby.
DOCTOR: The baby looks okay. And the baby
is moving a lot. So, hopefully, everything is well.
DOCTOR: Fingers crossed.
COMM: Now pregnant for the third time, Monica
is determined to do everything she can to get healthy for the new arrival.
MONICA RILEY: This time I’m doing loads
differently, I am, you know, changing the way I eat, exercising, taking care of my body.
I definitely want to get out of the fetish modelling and fetish videos, and things that
I do currently. And once I do lose, you know, some more weight, I definitely want to do
fashion modelling.
MONICA RILEY: I have to measure out everything
I eat now. The diet has been very difficult. I’d say, probably, now I’m eating about
2000 calories a day, compared to like 10,000. This is typically what I would eat, compared
to what I eat now, which is this. Yes, I’m definitely going to continue losing weight
after the baby is born. I’ll never be tiny, skinny, you know, I’m expecting, you know,
I’m still going to be always chubby. I just want to be healthy for our family.
COMM: Initially, Monica was worried about
how her weightloss would affect her relationship.
SID RILEY: I don’t really see myself becoming
less attracted to Monica. I’m not attracted to just her body, I’m attracted to her as
a person, as a whole complete person. I’ve told her before that you can be like a tiny
little thing and I’m in love with you.
MONICA RILEY: I love you. SID RILEY: I love you too.