Last year I made a concious decsision to try and better myself, so as a 17 year old junior in high school I started to lose weight after christmas. My highest weight was 215, and as of last august I got down to 250. In august, football started, and my coaches were a little spooked at how much weight I lost, and mentioned that I should stay at this weight or gain in order to be the lineman they wanted. Whatever, I could take a break from my diet. So I started slowly slipping back into my "normal" unhealthy diet, but it was being offset with football. But when football ended, and I attempted to re-establish my diet, I was having a tough time going back to my 1500 calorie max days. Then a month later I got some horrible news; I was diagnosed with cancer. This put all healthy diets out of the relm of exsistance. Whether it was late night pizza pick ups after a trip to the hospital or pity soda and chips at night at my computer; I was not worrying about my food intake. It also didnt help that thanksgiving and christmas was just around the corner. The total damages were 28 pounds, and I feel noticably bigger. What bothers me is that all the hard work in maintaining a strict diet for so long seems to be for naught as I feel fatter than ever. I was pointed to this subreddit for help and some much needed motivation. 

I would like to be clear though; I was diagnosed with stage 2 lymphoma, and was given a 95% survival chance at 5 years. Also I am put through a series of chemotherapy every two weeks, and I have been reacting very well to it. Not only are there visible reductions in the growths, but I feel little to no adverse effects, aside from a couple days of stomach discomfort that may make the concept of eating unbearable (points for unintentional help?). I am not too worried about my treatments anymore, and just want to get back to normal, but finding it really hard to do so.
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Diagnosed with cancer, lost weight, decided to start a strict diet, got cancer.
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Last year I made a concious decsision to try and better myself, so as a 17 year old junior in high school I started to lose weight after christmas. My highest weight was 215, and as of last august I got down to 250. In august, football started, and my coaches were a little spooked at how much weight I lost, and mentioned that I should stay at this weight or gain in order to be the lineman they wanted. Whatever, I could take a break from my diet. So I started slowly slipping back into my "normal" unhealthy diet, but it was being offset with football. But when football ended, and I attempted to re-establish my diet, I was having a tough time going back to my 1500 calorie max days. Then a month later I got some horrible news; I was diagnosed with cancer. This put all healthy diets out of the relm of exsistance. Whether it was late night pizza pick ups after a trip to the hospital or pity soda and chips at night at my computer; I was not worrying about my food intake. It also didnt help that thanksgiving and christmas was just around the corner. The total damages were 28 pounds, and I feel noticably bigger. What bothers me is that all the hard work in maintaining a strict diet for so long seems to be for naught as I feel fatter than ever. I was pointed to this subreddit for help and some much needed motivation. 

I would like to be clear though; I was diagnosed with stage 2 lymphoma, and was given a 95% survival chance at 5 years. Also I am put through a series of chemotherapy every two weeks, and I have been reacting very well to it. Not only are there visible reductions in the growths, but I feel little to no adverse effects, aside from a couple days of stomach discomfort that may make the concept of eating unbearable (points for unintentional help?). I am not too worried about my treatments anymore, and just want to get back to normal, but finding it really hard to do so.
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Lost 65 pounds, football and cancer happened, and gained 28. Finding it hard to get back at
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