Down South Aussie 65 Posted July 11, 2018 (edited) Today I entered Onederland! Started my Journey on Jan 15th at 305.6lbs, managed to lose 75.6lbs before my Surgery on June 5th and an additional 30.2lbs since then! On my way to a goal weight of 160lbs. It has been a journey, yes it is true the scale is a cruel taskmaster, but I'm a results driven person so it was very hard for me to stay off the scale or to see numbers go up some days or stay the same through my stall. While they were operating there was a growth discovered on the outside of my stomach which proved to be cancerous, but given the size, location and that fact that it was completely removed during the surgery I have been given the all-clear by the oncologist saying it was a blessing in disguise because otherwise it would have grown and grown until it became a really big problem. Good thing I didn't listen to all those who asked me if I still wanted to go through with the surgery given my success pre-surgery. Funny thing is the most common surgery for stomach cancer is a sleeve. I have gone from a 46 in pants at Christmas to a 36 and from a 3XL in my shirts to a L. I'm loving my new lease on life, even the rest of my family is losing weight! So here I am, The first big goal has been achieved, time to keep marching onward and down! Edited July 11, 2018 by Down South Aussie 8 nisha10, Frustr8, GreenTealael and 5 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Z 4,139 Posted July 11, 2018 13 minutes ago, Down South Aussie said: Today I entered Onederland! Started my Journey on Jan 15th at 305.6lbs, managed to lose 75.6lbs before my Surgery on June 5th and an additional 30.2lbs since then! On my way to a goal weight of 160lbs. It has been a journey, yes it is true the scale is a cruel taskmaster, but I'm a results driven person so it was very hard for me to stay off the scale or to see numbers go up some days or stay the same through my stall. While they were operating there was a growth discovered on the outside of my stomach which proved to be cancerous, but given the size, location and that fact that it was completely removed during the surgery I have been given the all-clear by the oncologist saying it was a blessing in disguise because otherwise it would have grown and grown until it became a really big problem. Good thing I didn't listen to all those who asked me if I still wanted to go through with the surgery given my success pre-surgery. Funny thing is the most common surgery for stomach cancer is a sleeve. I have gone from a 46 in pants at Christmas to a 36 and from a 3XL in my shirts to a L. I'm loving my new lease on life, even the rest of my family is losing weight! So here I am, The first big goal has been achieved, time to keep marching onward and down! Congrats! That's One amazing feat! 1 Frustr8 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreenTealael 25,436 Posted July 11, 2018 Today I entered Onederland! Started my Journey on Jan 15th at 305.6lbs, managed to lose 75.6lbs before my Surgery on June 5th and an additional 30.2lbs since then! On my way to a goal weight of 160lbs. It has been a journey, yes it is true the scale is a cruel taskmaster, but I'm a results driven person so it was very hard for me to stay off the scale or to see numbers go up some days or stay the same through my stall. While they were operating there was a growth discovered on the outside of my stomach which proved to be cancerous, but given the size, location and that fact that it was completely removed during the surgery I have been given the all-clear by the oncologist saying it was a blessing in disguise because otherwise it would have grown and grown until it became a really big problem. Good thing I didn't listen to all those who asked me if I still wanted to go through with the surgery given my success pre-surgery. Funny thing is the most common surgery for stomach cancer is a sleeve. I have gone from a 46 in pants at Christmas to a 36 and from a 3XL in my shirts to a L. I'm loving my new lease on life, even the rest of my family is losing weight! So here I am, The first big goal has been achieved, time to keep marching onward and down!Yasssssssssss!Sent from my Coolpad 3622A using BariatricPal mobile app 1 Frustr8 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatsexy_67 32 Posted July 11, 2018 (edited) Congrats and thank God for them finding the growth when they did!!!! I pray many more years of success!!!! Edited July 11, 2018 by Thatsexy_67 1 Frustr8 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orchids&Dragons 9,047 Posted July 11, 2018 Congratulations, tremendous milestone! You were incredibly fortunate to find that tumor! 1 Frustr8 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AllyJonesVSG 184 Posted July 11, 2018 Huge congrats!! On all of your news!! 1 Frustr8 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
