My Weight Loss Journey

Sometimes it’s two steps forward, one step back

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I was diagnosed with cancer last April. Not thrilled about it, and have gone through a variety of treatment protocols. I was given 6 months to live, but I’m feeling good and believe I will conquer this thing.

Part of my strategy — losing the excess weight.

Because being fat can contribute to cancer growth. And I want to do everything I can to make sure the cancer goes away and doesn’t come back.

I do all sorts of weird things that I think help. I have written articles about some of it that have been published in Wholistique, and I’ve linked a couple below.

But getting back to the weight loss — it’s different for me than for a lot of people since I really am doing it for health reasons, not because I need to get my body ready for swimsuit season. Looking good in a bathing suit is the furthest thing from my mind. Heck, thanks to a mastectomy a few years back, I only have one breast. Nevertheless, when I visited Budapest the year before the pandemic, I went bathing in the spas there and, you know, no one made me feel bad about my lack of cleavage.

Nevertheless, it does feel good to fit into the smaller clothes I’ve had tossed in the back of my closet for years. This is the true sign of optimism and…