It’s the show that promises to help transform the lives of its guests.
And care worker Cassandra Bright can certainly consider her life changed after appearing on This Time Next Year, pledging to lose half of her body weight to save her life.
Host Karl Stefanovic’s jaw dropped when she returned to the show 12 months later, Cassandra revealing she had shed almost half her original weight.
‘This pledge definitely saved my life!’ Jaw-dropping moment woman loses almost half her body weight on Karl Stefanovic’s This Time Next Year
The 35-year-old from Geelong, Victoria, had Karl close to tears as she recounted her decades-long struggle with her weight.
‘I don’t like to go out much. You know, if going to a cafe or something with friends or a restaurant, you’re sort of looking at the chairs, you know, thinking, “Can that hold me? Will that be comfortable? “Will my bottom fit in between the arms of that chair?”‘ Cassandra confessed.
‘So, you know, it’s not really a nice situation to have to face. It’s easier to stay at home.’
Amazing: In just 12 months Cassandra went from 180 kilograms to 100 kilograms, shedding almost half her body weight
Heartbreaking: The 35-year-old from Geelong, Victoria, had Karl close to tears as she recounted her decades-long struggle with her weight
Saving her live: Cassandra had resolved to undergo gastric bypass surgery, cutting away 80 per cent of her stomach, leaving her with just 50ml in stomach space
Cassandra resolved to undergo gastric bypass surgery, cutting away 80 per cent of her stomach, leaving her with just 50ml in stomach space.
She pledged to lose half her body weight in just 12 months, hoping to drop from 180 kilograms to 90 kilograms.
While admitting the surgery was risky, Cassandra had no choice but to take the drastic step.
Amazing: Cassandra came out on stage proudly showing off her weight loss
Health overhaul: The 35-year-old had succeeded in saving her life by losing almost half her weight
‘I’m 35. I’m getting old, Karl. And if it’s not now, it’s never and I’ll die young,’ she revealed.
‘I will die.’
Returning to the stage after her 12 month weight loss journey, Karl’s jaw dropped to the floor as Cassandra made her way through the door.
‘Look at this woman!’ Karl exclaimed, as the audience whooped and cheered in approval.
Happy for her: Returning to the stage after her 12 month weight loss journey, Karl’s jaw dropped to the floor as Cassandra made her way through the door
As they sat on the couch, Cassandra revealed she had lost 80 kilograms, now weighing just 100 kilograms.
While slightly short of her original goal, the slimmed-down care worker revealed she had received a new lease on life.
‘I don’t know before how I got up the staircase at home. This pledge definitely saved my life. Daily activities are no longer a chore. Movement is no longer, you know, an effort,’ Cassandra explained.
‘I can go to work. I can go to the personal trainer after work. And I can go kayaking, and I can wash the car or walk the dog, and I don’t get tired, really.’
‘I don’t know before how I got up the staircase at home’: While slightly short of her original goal, the slimmed-down care worker revealed she had received a new lease on life