Sometimes change happens organically, by an external driving force or through no choice of our own. And some transformations happen as a matter of choice. We make resolutions and promises. We sign up for 5Ks. We read self-help books.

For Carter and Mimi, the transformation that brought them together was weight loss — followed by transformations in marital status, immigration and gender identity. Theirs is one of our favorite love stories.

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