Being Italian-American, forty year old, never married Dominick is overweight having grown up in a world centered on food: it used as a reward, as a means to placate, as a comfort, etc. When Dom's favorite cousin, Sal, a year younger than him, passes away prematurely from health issues associated with being overweight, those around Dom, led by his overbearing sister Antoinette, implore him to take measures to lose weight so as not to face the same fate as Sal. Through all of Dom's attempts to maintain a weight loss regime, including through professional measures, the person receiving the brunt of Dom's frustrations related to this issue is his younger brother Frankie Jr., the two roommates in a separate suite in the family home. While unable to manage adhering to that weight loss regime in doing it for himself, Dom may be able to do it for someone else, that someone being Polish-American Lydia, who runs an antique store in the neighborhood, and with who he is falling in love. However, he learns he can't pin all his weight loss hopes and dreams on one person.
—Huggo