Calderdale has its very own bionic woman in the shape of Esther Richardson, of Sowerby Bridge.
But unlike the American science fiction drama, it wasn't an accident that led to 61-year-old Esther getting implants.
It was arthritis coupled with a weight problem that threatened her health and resulted in her being a prisoner in her home.
Esther, who has five children and eight grandchildren, started suffering with arthritis 20 years ago, brought on by the heavy manual work she did in her 20s and 30s.
At one point it got so bad she couldn't get out of bed and says her life consisted of sleeping, eating and watching TV. In the end doctors replaced a hip and a knee, and put pins in both ankles. She can now get around with the aid of a stick and is waiting to have her other knee replaced.
While Esther is grateful to surgeons for helping her get mobile again, she firmly believes her weight was to blame for a lot of her problems and it was this that caused her to have a small stroke.
"I'm only 4ft 11in and have always struggled with my weight. I'm the biggest in the family. At one point, when I was housebound, I weighed 15st 4lb because friends and family brought me food to cheer me up. I wasn't getting any exercise at all and it just crept on," she says.
Doctors sent her to see a dietician, who told Esther she was obese and, because she picked at food and ate all the wrong things, undernourished.
"I knew I had to do something but realised I couldn't do it on my own so I joined my local Weight-Watchers class at St Paul's Church, Sowerby Bridge, and can honestly say it's been the making of me. I'm still in pain and have to take lots of tablets for my arthritis but I can get out and about on my own, which I'm thrilled about," says Esther, who moved to Calderdale from Ireland 40 years ago and lives with her husband John.
She's lost 5st 2lb since she joined the class and now weighs 9st 2lb and the good news is she is still losing. "I'm a gold member and while it took a lot of willpower to get started, I can honestly say I haven't struggled since I joined and I eat literally everything from chips to chocolate.
"My diet has improved 100 per cent and I now eat three meals a day. I've made myself a promise that I'll never stop going to class or put weight on again."
While it takes Esther a good two hours to get going in a morning, once she's dressed and has had her breakfast there is no stopping her. She goes to aqua aerobics at Sowerby Bridge swimming baths two days a week and her other days are filled with charity work. Over the years she has raised thousands of pounds for local charities like Overgate Hospice, Elland, by making things to sell or helping to organise fund-raising events.
She's really letting her charity work go to her head next month by having her hair shaved off to raise money for West Yorkshire Forget Me Not Trust, which is building a children's hospice in Huddersfield.
It's a real bionic women stunt say friends who have given her that nickname.
In the meantime her next big challenge is to stop smoking. "I've tried to give up lots of times but never succeeded, but now I've lost my weight and feel a lot healthier I think this is one bionic woman who can do anything."