8 months ago today 2/16/16, I weighed 391 pounds.

[Ms. Toad]

52. Congrats! I'm in a similar situation - for slightly different reasons.

At 60, I'm a year into my journey - motivated by a dual diagnosis of diabetes and hypothyroidism last October. I'm down 74 lbs - and have hit my goal weight - a 37% loss from where I started. (Along the way I had to pause for 3 months while I was being treated for breast cancer - and, unfortunately, I am headed for biopsy of a second tumor this morning.)

But I feel better than I have in years, and am just back fro a week of diving with my wife of 35 years, and am listening to our daughter rustle around in the kitchen as she gets ready to head off to school - something she has been unable to do for health reasons of her own for several years. Definitely looking forward to many more years. (I corrected my oncologist when she suggested I might live another 30 - and told her that I fully expect to live another 40.)

Feels great, doesn't it!!