Bernie Fishbine is overweight. He stops at the nearby store every day to buy some chocolate kisses. This is where he met Theresa Galabaldi. Then they take the same bus route every night. Theresa invited Bernie to her father's restaurant to watch her play the piano. It was here that she invited him to join the gym. Theresa is currently in college and has the idea of writing about Bernie's weight issue in her paper. She did this without telling Bernie. Meanwhile, Bernie fell in love with Theresa, and vice versa.