I’ve Lost Nearly 40 Pounds — And I’m F***ing Terrified
When I was diagnosed with Cancer back in 2019 I weighed around 150 pounds (I’m 5’5”). I always thought I was fat. In reality, I was muscular, like a non-famous Ronda Rousey. I did mixed martial arts, yoga, running, snowboarding, you name it — and I ate pretty healthily (or so I thought). But when The Big C came I went crazy on the restriction because I was fighting a cancer that kills 90% of its targets. I refused to be in that cohort. I fasted 2x a week during chemo and slowly switched to plant-based. After treatment, I was down to 130 pounds. My doctors didn’t love me losing weight, but they also knew how much I was focused on nutrition, exercise, and diet and since they didn’t have a “cure” they let me go after one. (It’s a misnomer that people “just lose weight on chemo”, some people actually gain weight and it’s very dependent on the primary site of your cancer and your side effects.)