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>> reporter: and that's when she found a special group of new friends. women like her who joined this high-powered dance exercise class each week to improve their physiques and their lives. cari cooper was heather's dance instructor. >> when you leave your job, you leave that stress behind, you come here and it's like the happy hour. >> reporter: everyone in heather's life noticed that "happy hour" was doing wonders for her. >> i'd say, "heather, turn around." i said, "you've gotten smaller." and she's like, "yeah!" >> were the pounds just melting off of her in front of your very eyes? >> melt...

Confidence. she saw a different life for herself. she immediately started working on her weight. >> reporter: and that's when she found a special group of new friends. women like her who joined this high-powered dance exercise class each week to improve their physiques and their lives. cari cooper was heather's dance instructor. >> when you leave your job, you leave that stress behind, you come here and it's like the happy hour. >> reporter: everyone in heather's life noticed that "happy hour" was doing wonders for her. >> i'd say, "heather, turn around." i said, "you've gotten smaller." and s...

Brighter and lighter future. >> she had so much more confidence. she saw a different life for herself. she immediately started working on her weight. >> reporter: and that's when she found a special group of new friends. women like her who joined this high-powered dance exercise class each week to improve their physiques and their lives. cari cooper was heather's dance instructor. >> when you leave your job, you leave that stress behind, you come here and it's like the happy hour. >> reporter: everyone in heather's life noticed that "happy hour" was doing wonders for her. >> i'd say, "heather,...

>> reporter: at one point before graduation, heather topphe scales at 400 pounds. but diane says that hard-won diploma now became a roadmap for heather, pointing her to a brighter and lighter future. >> she had so much more confidence. she saw a different life for herself. she immediately started working on her weight. >> step up, here we go! >> reporter: and that's when she found a special group of new friends. women like her who joined this high-powered dance exercise class each week to improve their physiques and their lives. cari cooper was heather's dance instructor. >> when you leave you...

She immediately started working on her weight. >> reporter: and that's when she found a special group of new friends. women like her who joined this high-powered dance exercise class each week to improve their physiques and their lives. cari cooper was heather's dance instructor. >> when you leave your job, you leave that stress behind, you come here and it's like the happy hour. >> reporter: everyone in heather's life noticed that "happy hour" was doing wonders for her. >> i'd say, "heather, turn around." i said, "you've gotten smaller." and she's like, "yeah!" >> were the pounds just melting...